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To the Circuit Court of Saint Louis County and State of Missouri

The petition of Harriet an infant under twenty one years of age
by Julia her mother respectfully that your petitioner
is free but that she is held as a slave in St Louis by within
Samuel T McKinney or Thomas D James a negro trader.
Your petitioner states that in October 1829 Lucinda Carrington
& her children settled in the state of Illinois with the
intention of making that state their permanant residence
& that said Lucinda & her family have resided there
ever since your petitioner states that said Lucinda
on her arrival in Illinois as aforesaid brought with
her your petitioners & her mother claiming & holding
them as slaves & having owned them as such in the
state of Kentucky - your petitioner states that said Lucinda
kept her mother & her in the state of Illinois in the county
of Pike which she had selected for her residence from the
27 or 28th day of October 1829 untill the 26th day
of December in the same year during all of which
time the said Lucinda required services of your
petitioner & her mother as her slaves & kept your
Petitioners mother at labor as such slave in her family
your petitioner states that after it became a talk that
your petitioner & her mother were free among the neighbors
of Mrs Carrington she said Lucinda Carrington caused
your petitioners mother & your petitioner to be taken to
Missouri & there hired out as her slaves your petitioner
states that after she & her mother had been hired
for about nine months in Missouri they were
again taken back to Illinois where they were again
by said Lucinda Carrington kept & treated as
slaves for about eight weeks when they were sent
to Missouri & sold to Samuel F Mc Kinney
your petitioner prays that she may be permitted to sue
as a poor person to establish her freedom that
counsel may be assigned to her & that such

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Harriet, an infant v. Samuel T. McKenney (Text)

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