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            <title>United States vs. George, a slave</title>
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            <date type="term" when="1820-08">August Term, 1820</date>
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                <court type="state">St. Louis Circuit Court</court>
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                <clerk>Gamble, Archibald</clerk>
                <sheriff>Rogers, Benjamin F.</sheriff>
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                     <lb/> St Louis County, to wit<lb/>
                            <date when="1820-08">August term 1820.</date>
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                        <orig>United States</orig>
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                  <placeName>
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                        <orig>Manuel Lisa</orig>
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                        <orig>Jos Perkins</orig>
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                        <orig>Joshua Pilcher</orig>
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                        <orig>U. States</orig>
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                        <orig>George</orig>
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                           <orig>Paul</orig>
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                        <dateline>Territory of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>United States</orig>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>America</orig>
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                            Vasquez</seg>
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                            <seg rend="form-fill-in">he</seg> be and appear in proper person before
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                        <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars">day of</unclear>at the town of
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                           <orig>United States</orig>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                        <orig>United States</orig>
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                        <orig>St</orig>
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                           <orig>L</orig>
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                        <abbr>C.</abbr>
                        <abbr>C.</abbr>
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                        <orig>United States</orig>
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                        <abbr>vs.</abbr>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>George</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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