Petition of the Free Colored Population of Louisiana

ID: 5623 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records Administration. ~ Date: January 5, 1864.
This file appears in: Economy Hall
This file appears in: Economy Hall

By Mark Charles Roudané
Soon after Union forces seized New Orleans from the Confederacy in 1862, calls for equality reverberated among free people of color. Hundreds assembled at frequent mass meetings and rallies at Economy…