DECREE of the Conseil of Cap concerning the election of Guardians for the Enslaved pursuing their freedom

LOUIS, &c. Between the sieur Dugas, well-wisher of the woman named Vénus, négresse, appellant from an Ordinance of the Juge of Port de Paix, who, having seen the remonstrance of the Procureur du Roi, and without regard to the declaration of the heirs made before Maître Bressac, Notaire, had held the said declaration contrary to the rules established against the enslaved, who cannot appear in Court, injurious to the interests of the minors, which cannot be disposed of without the participation of the Ministère Public, and consequently had declared null and of no effect the deliberation of the friends of the woman named Vénus, négresse, to proceed to the appointment of a Guardian for her emancipation; had ordered that the said Vénus be taken back to the work gang of the heirs, to be employed in the ordinary and customary labor.