“Mes dernières volontés”: Testaments to the Life of Marie Couvent, a Former Slave in New Orleans

In her last will and testament recorded on November 12, 1832, Marie Justine Cirnaire, Veuve Couvent claimed a lasting legacy as a patron of African American education in New Orleans when she declared that a school be established on her property. It is little known, however, that Couvent, in fact, ma...

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Main Author: Elizabeth C. Neidenbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2013-05-01
Series:Transatlantica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6186
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