New Orleans Slave Trade: The Cabildo

THE CABILDO SITE ACTIVE LATE 1790s–1811

Bankruptcy and probate cases were decided in the Cabildo's courtroom. When slaveholders failed to pay their debts or died without a will, their assets—including people they owned—were sold, often resulting in the separation of families and communities.

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