An 1854 Opelousas Courier notice printed in French and English calls the same men runaways and negres marrons. A four-step method for reading runaway notices as genealogical evidence.
Opelousas
Titine of Opelousas: The Woman Who Ran the Old Bank Hotel
Celestine Perrault, known as Titine, ran a large hotel in Opelousas for at least a quarter century. Three generations of her family lived under that roof. A Justice of the Peace kept his office there. This is her documented record.