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The Cabildo

New Orleans, Louisiana
· Site Active Late 1790s-1811
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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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