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The Petition of
& that he
is held in
your Petitioner for a year from one Caleman
further states that said Caleman held your petitioner
to said Jury for one year from the
September
Your Petitioner further
of one
year
petitioner your petitioner was by the said
Laboured by the
Your Petitioner further
saith that from
until
petitioner by the
& of his
hired
the changes for the hire of your Petitioner.
Your Petitioner
further says that about
the said issue
said
said
May by the order of your
poor person that counsel may
be a
third
Judicial Circuit &
of Opinion that the
above Petition contained
of a suit do order that
petitioner
establish his
freedom & I do
&
prosecute his suit for freedom and do
order that said
liberty to
that the said
out of the
shall not be
his
application for freedom
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The Petition of
claimed as a slave
by
praying that he may
be permitted to sue
for his freedom
No. 14.
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Executed this writ on
in city of
and order of Judge
Sum $1.00
vs
Action of Apanth
& Battery &
Impresson
Damages $200
Filed
The clerk of
please
&
a copy of
on the Summons
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colour otherwise called
trespass to for that hertofore
day of September in the year eighteen hundred &
twenty eight
the said defendants with force &
said plaintiff & then & there beat buised wounded
imprisoned him the said plaintiff &
detained him in prison there for a long
without any
of September year eighteen hundred & twenty
eight
said plaintiff
of the committing said grievances he was &
still is a free person & that said defendant
held & detained & he still holds & detains
him in slavery wherefore said plaintiff
saith that he is greatly injured & hath
sustained Damages to Five hundred Dollars
therefore he
We command you to summon
unto
plaintiff saith that that he is greatly injured and hath sustained Damages
to Two Hundred dollars and have you then there this writ
I
the commencement of a suit do order that
to sue as a poor person to establish his
freedom & do assign
the said
said
occasion may require and I do moreover order
that that the said
taken or removed out of the
Jurisdiction of said court & that he shall not be subject to
any
severity because of his application for freedom.