I represent Marie Louise, called “Barbé,” an enslaved mulata woman in the household of Col. Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. At the time of the changing of the flags, I was about 27 years old. My freedom was purchased in 1847 by don Florencio Commyns for the sum of $350 paid to Arnauld Guillemard, Col. de Villiers’ son-in-law and the administrator of his estate.