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" We are Natives of this Province and our dearest Interests are connected with its welfare. We therefore feel a lively Joy that the Sovereignty of the Country is at length united with that of the American Republic. We are duly sensible that our personal... "
Revolution, Romanticism, and the Afro-Creole Protest Tradition in Louisiana ... - Page 30
by Caryn Cossé Bell - 1997 - 344 pages
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Louisiana Under the Rule of Spain, France, and the United States ..., Volume 2

Paul Alliot - History - 1911 - 412 pages
...lively Joy that the Sovereignty of the Country is at length united with that of the American Republic. We are duly sensible that our personal and political freedom is thereby assured to us forever, and we are also impressed with the fullest confidence in the Justice and Liberality of the...
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Robertson: With Special Map of the Territory and Other Early Maps and Plans ...

James Alexander Robertson - Louisiana - 1911 - 404 pages
...lively Joy that the Sovereignty of the Country is at length united with that of the American Republic. We are duly sensible that our personal and political freedom is thereby assured to us forever, and we are also impressed with the fullest confidence in the Justice and Liberality of the...
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Louisiana Under the Rule of Spain, France, and the United States ..., Volume 2

Paul Alliot - History - 1911 - 400 pages
...lively Joy that the Sovereignty of the Country is at length united with that of the American Republic. We are duly sensible that our personal and political freedom is thereby assured to us forever, and we are also impressed with the fullest confidence in the Justice and Liberality of the...
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Bounded Lives, Bounded Places: Free Black Society in Colonial New Orleans ...

Kimberly S. Hanger - History - 1997 - 278 pages
...also impressed with the fullest confidence in the Justice and Liberality of the Government towards every Class of Citizens which they have here taken under their Protection. We were employed in the military service of the late Government, and we hope we may be permitted to...
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Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America

Ira Berlin - History - 2009 - 516 pages
...advantages and immunities of citizens," free blacks believed they beheld a new and unfettered opportunity. "We are duly sensible that our personal and political freedom is thereby assured to us for ever," declared New Orleans free people in one of their numerous memorials to the new American ruler, "and...
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Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves

Ira Berlin - History - 2004 - 310 pages
...advantages and immunities of citizens," free blacks believed they beheld a new and unfettered opportunity. "We are duly sensible that our personal and political freedom is thereby assured to us for ever," declared New Orleans free people in one of their numerous memorials to the new American rulers, "and...
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The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America

Peter J. Kastor - History - 2008 - 325 pages
...lively Joy that the Sovereignty of our Country is at length united with that of the American Republic. We are duly sensible that our personal and political...confidence in the Justice and Liberality of the Government towards every Class of Citizens which they have here taken under their Protection.21 Free men of color...
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