Louis de Montault estate bill of sale, 1852 March 1 | Amistad Research Center

Scope and Contents: Document is a notarized copy of a bill of sale documenting the sale of a male slave in New Orleans, Louisiana, appraised at $900.00. The sale was conducted between Anne Marie Francoise Aspasie Fazende, the widow of Louis de Montault and representative of his estate, and Sosthene Roman of St. James Parish. The sale concerns a slave named Henry (or Henri), thirty three years of age and suffering from “the King’s evil” (Scrofula, a form of tuberculosis). The document was notarized by Antoine Doriocourt.