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vs
Petition for freedom
Now in
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The Petition of
of Color aged about thirty years, as
to your honor, that he
that year, your petition was
one
March
said
that said said
new resides at
that said
of your
petition to wit in the month of
year
eighteen hundred and thirty nine,
from
him to labor and service
on his the said
situate
within four miles of
County of Morgan State of
month of April until the month of December in the
same year, being for a
that
petition was employed during said time at ordinary
farming labor for the
said
December of said year last named
there began to be
deal of talk
in the neighborhood about said
petitions as a slave in
said
came from
to his farm when your petitioner was at work, put
out, and now
of petitioners labor. That petitioner now is and has been
for the
last two years and
freedom,
poor person, in false
imprisonment against said
will
being duly sworn says that the
in the
Being satisfied that the forgoing petition contains sufficient matter to
authorize the commencement of a suit, I do make the following
orders. First, That the said
be allowed to sue as a poor person to establish his right to freedom
and do assign
Second that the said
to attend his counsel and the Court, as occasion may
he be not
he be not subject to any severity on account of his application for freedom.
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of
the said defendant, on the
eighteen hundred and forty two
made an assault upon the said plaintiff to writ at
the County aforesaid and then and there
and ill treated him the said plaintiff and then
and there imprisoned him the said plaintiff and
kept and detained him in prison there, without
any reasonable cause
to writ for the space of twenty four hours there next
following contrary to the laws of the said state and
against the will of the said plaintiff and the said
plaintiff's
mitting ofsaid of
and still is, a
held and still holds him in slavery to the said
plaintiff damage one hundred Dollars and therefore
he brings suit &
of color
vs
milton W Hopkins
Suit for freedom
The Clerk will issue
as directed by the Court
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We command you to
that he be and appear
before the Judge of our
held at the
of
trespass, in false imprisonment
to the damage of said plaintiff
dollars: And have you then there this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness my hand and seal, at
L.S.
Contd. at Defts costs for J. Hildrett & Mrs. Drexler Bk 14 p 444. admission &
agreement filed Bk 14 p 453. Venue changed to
Pleas Bk 15 p 77. (
vs
summons
Suit for freedom
It is ordered by the Court, First
that the said
man of color be allowed to sue as
a poor person to establish his right to
freedom and as assign
said
able liberty to attend his counsel and
the Court as occasion may require
that he be not removed out of the juris-
diction of the Court and that he
be not subject to any severity on ac-
count of his application for freedom
Done in open Court
Executed this writ in the county of
by reading it and the declaration and order
of the judge to
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Bill of sale
Ch. W. Drechler
vs
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This
state of
F.N.
the premises party of the
of the second part
part. Three hundred & ten dollars.
the
having
hath granted, buy
said party of the
slave
to have and to
for such
& holds in said slave. In witness whereof
said party of the first part
this
Be it remembered
of March eighteen hundred
the
sonally
the said
the
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And the said defendant
by his attorneys causes and defends the
wrong & injury when
of the said supposed grievances above laid
to his charge or any part thereof in manner &
form as the plaintiff hath above thereof complained
against, & of this the defendant puts himself
upon the county &c
vs
Plea
Attys for Deft
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You are hereby commanded, that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, you appear
before the Judge of our
at the city of
testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of
and herein you are in no wise to fail.
vs
Writs for Deft
Executed the
March 1844
&
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You are hereby commanded, that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, you appear
before the Judge of our
testify, and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of
and herein you are in no wise to fail.
In
a man of Color
vs
Executed the
March 1844
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Milton Hopkins, the
defendant in this case admits that
at the time of
suit he held the said
a man of color in his
a slave, having
I agree that the above facts are true and
In
vs
Deft's