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Women's History Wednesday

Marguerite and the Margarita Case: A Legal History of One Woman’s Fight for Her Children in Colonial Louisiana, 1764–1808

April 15, 2026 by The Kinstructure Company

Marguerite was born in Africa, transported to colonial Louisiana, given a fraudulent emancipation, and re-enslaved. In 1782 she filed her own lawsuit. She won the freedom of four children. This is her documented record.

Filed Under: Genealogy Research, Louisiana History, Women's History Wednesday Tagged With: Colonial Louisiana Free People of Color, Guillory Family Louisiana, Louisiana Creole genealogy, Louisiana Genealogy, Margarita Case 1782, Opelousas history

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