Petition of the Free Colored Population of Louisiana

ID: 5618 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records Administration. ~ Date: January 5, 1864.

This file appears in: Residence of Jean Baptiste Roudanez

This file appears in: Residence of Jean Baptiste Roudanez

Residence of Jean Baptiste Roudanez

By Mark Charles Roudané

Jean Baptiste Roudanez (1815-1895), a free man of color, served as publisher of L’Union, the South’s first black newspaper, and the New Orleans Tribune, America’s first black daily newspaper. Dr.…