DECREE of the Conseil of Port-au-Prince, concerning the Complaints or demands of the enslaved against their enslavers, and Emancipations

LOUIS, etc. Between Graba, residing at Léogane, in the name and as guardian of the négresse Marie-Françoise and her four children, Appellant and Respondent, appearing by Deronseray, Avocat, of the one part; And our Procureur-Général, taking up the case of his Substitut at the said Siège, Respondent: The woman named Marie Jeanne Morin, widow Mérillac, free quarteronne, also Respondent and Appellant, appearing by Dubuisson, also Avocat; The Legatees instituted by Marie-Louise Merillac, widow Chassergue, Respondents and Appellants, appearing by Chachereau, Avocat; And further, Michel Maurin, called Languedoc, Shoemaker, residing at Léogane, guardian appointed by the Court for the mulâtresse Adélaïde, also Appellant, appearing by de Cullion, Avocat, of the other part.