Source Information:
Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo, comp. . Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1718-1820 (Slave) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo, comp. Database downloaded from http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave/, 2003.
Document Date: 7/4/1780
Document Number: 95
Date of Sale: 7/4/1780
Depository: Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge
Location: St. Landry (Opelousas Post). [Calcasieu 1840, Cameron 1870, Acadia 1886, Evangeline 1908, Allen 1910, Jefferson Davis 1912, Beaureguard 1912]
Language of this record: French
A Free person of African descent is involved in this document
Seller: Luke Collins
Buyer: George M.L. Bolard
Name: Castor
Name Type: Partilly coded, overwhelmingly European
Gender: male
Race: black
Age: 25
no prices at all
Comments: price is 27 betes a corne
Document Date: 4/5/1811
Document Number: 179
Notary: King, George
Depository: housed in parish courthouses.
Location: St. Landry (Opelousas Post). [Calcasieu 1840, Cameron 1870, Acadia 1886, Evangeline 1908, Allen 1910, Jefferson Davis 1912, Beaureguard 1912]
Language of this record: English
Seller: Robert A. Craine
Buyer: George Bolard
Name: Aggy
Name Type: African
Gender: female
Race: black
Age: 28
sold or inventoried as an individual
Currency Type: U.S. dollar = 1 p
Value of Sale: 500
Sale Common Price: 500