20882219https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20882219LouisianaOrleansParish2451822District2441823Districtgranted1810New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, LouisianaNicholas Tachaud, "born free from free persons on the island of St. Domingue," claims to have been "unjustly & illegally detained" as a slave by Richard Richardson. Tachaud asks to be declared a free person and to be placed "provisionally under the custody of the Sheriff" while his case is being decided.Sues for freedom (enslaved)Death of enslaved (disease)OrphansCaribbean Islands, migration from/toTestimony (FPOC)Interracial relationshipsIllegitimacy