Coffy (also known as "Antonio Cofi Mina"), a freed Black man known to some of the Pointe Coupée enslaved, was tried separately by the Province of Louisiana for his alleged role in the 1795 conspiracy at Pointe Coupée; he was ultimately convicted and expelled from the colony.

Documents

Broutin Petitions Carondelet for Payment of Trial Costs Using Coffy's Seized Property (c. October 1795)
Broutin Petitions Carondelet for Disbursement of Funds for Payment of Trial Costs (late 1795)
Prefatory page for proceedings of Coffy v. Louisiana
Prefatory page for Coffy's first declaration
Note [Witness unavailable for testimony] (May 1795)
Declaration of Thimothee [Widow Lacour] [copy] (May 13, 1795)
Declaration of Jean Baptiste [Widow Lacour] [copy] (May 14, 1795)
Confrontation of l'Ham (Ibam/Tham) [Widow Barron] with Ami (Anis) [Widow Barron] [copy] (May 14, 1795)
Certification of Transcipt Duplicate (May 15, 1795)
Pontalba Requests Expedited Transmittal of Testimony Transcripts to Pointe Coupée (May 17, 1795)
Declaration of Antonio Cofi Mina (May 17, 1795)
Declaration of Antonio Cofi Mina [copy] (May 17, 1795)
Certification of Transcipt Duplicate (May 18, 1795)
Letter from Carondelet to Pontalba (May 18, 1795)
Subpoena for Andre [C. Lacour] (May 25, 1795)

Pages

People

Andrés Almonester y Roxas
Francisco Broutin
Gabriel Villars
Jean Baptiste
Jean Baptiste [Almonester]
Narcisse [Almonster]
Pierre [Almonester]