DECREE of the Conseil du Cap, which upholds the freedom of two nègres and a mulâtre, Prisoners of War, and annuls the Sale made of them

Having seen by the Conseil the declaration made at the Greffe of the Amirauté of this place, on June 27 last, by the sieur le Roux, Commanding the Ship la Pucelle of Nantes, concerning two Black people and a mulâtre taken by him as enslaved people on the Isle of Sel, belonging to the Portuguese, Enemies of the State; the depositions and hearings taken from part of his Crew; the Petition of the sieur le Roux concluding that the said Portuguese be declared lawful Prize and enslaved; the conclusions of the Substitut of the Procureur-Général; the Sentence rendered which adjudges the three Men lawful Prize, and that they be sold, without however declaring them enslaved; the publication made by Veilhaut, Huissier, the next day, Sunday the 29th, to proceed with the Sale; the Procès-verbal, the Adjudication and Sale made in favor of the sieur la Peyre by the said Juge on the 30th; the signature set on a sheet of paper by the said two Black people and mulâtre, who, seeing themselves sold, declared themselves free.