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Constitution de la Société Catholique pour L'Instruction des Orphelins dans L'Indigence (page 1)

Société Catholique pour L'Instruction des Orphelins dans L'Indigence.

Amistad Research Center

Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States

In 1837, Marie Couvent, a native of Guinea and a free woman of color in New Orleans passed away, leaving a will that called for the establishment of a school for orphans in the Faubourg Marigny. The Société Catholique pour L'Instruction des Orphelins dans L'Indigence was a group of free men of color who formed during the mid-1840s in order to uphold Couvent's will. Couvent's philanthropy and the Société's efforts led to the founding of the Institute Catholique des Orphelins Indigent (Catholic Institute for Indigent Orphans) in 1848. It was considered the first free school for children of color in the United States.

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  • Title: Constitution de la Société Catholique pour L'Instruction des Orphelins dans L'Indigence (page 1)
  • Creator: Société Catholique pour L'Instruction des Orphelins dans L'Indigence.
  • Subject Keywords: Société Catholique pour L'Instruction des Orphelins dans L'Indigence
  • Type: document
  • Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
  • Repository: Amistad Research Center
  • Date: 1849
  • Collection: Charles B. Rousseve papers

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