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St. Louis County ss - To the
Judge of Said Court in
Your Orator
Orator & his
child
of Charity
Estate of
said
that he & his
great
as to secure the freedom of their child &
at that
time to buy them- that having
great confidence in the
&
integrety & human feelings of John and
made defendants to this Bill he
to the said
feelings
&
& her daughter &
said
a
year
said
to
purchase said
could
hold
orator could pay them the
price for which
they should be sold which your orator
agreed to do
as soon as he could and as
Finneys agreed to transfer said
& her future increase
& said
means
your orator had of making payment
was by the Labor of himself and
that said
Finneys
any
speculation
said
Finneys should be renumerated for
the price they should pay for
said
said
orator or the
by
any other means they were to
to your Orator for
the purposes aforesaid
all claim to said
and to said
making the
they
and to
humanity - Your Orator says that soon
after this agreement &
understanding said
at
that your Orator said
said
commenced &
that among the
said
but
had
aggreed to purchase her
her child -
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bidders that his
freedom
.He then
Child the sum of three hundred &
twenty five dollars the
appearing to
no one after this
Said
for the understanding that said
Finney
intended to
of said sale
had to from five hundred to
seven
hundred Dollars. Your orator states that
great privations to
& grand child from slavery and paid
over to
said John & who
the money
they could
as they could make it untill they paid
said Finneys for the
child & grand
child
the sum of two hundred &
Dollars. Your
orator states, that he raised
&
the time she was about a
she was old
Finneys
& put her to
Finneys purchased had a child named
John
That
Labor from
Finneys should
that they
faith. your orator States that
after the
birth of his grand
& raied him untill he was able to be
useful to said Finneys
when they took
daughter
last &
that during her
she was
supported & maintained Your Orator
that said
Finney sold said
one
& that she
orator States that said
Finneys after
getting from him
and
amounting in all to the sum of $479
and
having your orators grand Children
during their
&
to
may
themselves- they
money paid by your orator as aforesaid
or in any
&
in
are
in his
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to said Finneys as aforesaid,
time
Your Orator States that said Finneys sold
said
between your orator & them
In
much as your orator is sum debts at
court that said Finneys
to
answer this Bill that they may be
answer all the allegations of this Bill &
1
purchase of
2 Did you not agree
make said
purchase for the purposes
said
purchase
3
purpose
in the Bill stated the sum of two
hundred & twenty nine
Dollars if not what
sum has he or his
amount & date of
or consideration for which it was paid
4
or
had
said
of any payments made by
said
one for
or
if so set forth copies of any such
or
your
best of your
5.Did you not sell said
Gratial as above stated
& when & for what
sum If not to whom did you sell
her
did you sell as a slave for
a term of years & for what sum
6.Has not said
his grand daughter
John in infancy while their
not said
said
generally whom they were
had then service when you required them
as
stated in said Bill if not state
the whole truth according to the best
of
your knowledge & belief how long said
they would have
hired for during the times
they were in your
support & manitance of said
& her
& their inability
to
7.Did not you or
of
declare
to the
brought
said
would secure to them their freedom
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If not what did you say
to your
freedom of Said
8.Did you not purchase said
Twenty four Dollars if not for what
sum
did you purchased them
9 After it was understood that you came
to secure to
any further bid against
you
10
at the time of sale probably have sold
for a much larger sum than you
bid for them had you not stated your
Your
may be
children of said
law or to
so that
this cannot be done that they may
be complled to refund to your
the sum of four hundred
pay your
for the support
& maintainance of his
daughter & her said
childern and if your
he prays for such further &
other relief
as he may be entitled to upon
of
vs
Original Bill in
The Clerk
please issue a
summons
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We command you to
Finney if they be found in your County,
that they be
and appear
before the Judge of our
at the
of
a colored man for
dollars
Dismissed by order of Court at complts cost Ch. Recd No 2 p 153
vs
Executed this writ in the county of
it to John
& on the
October 1838
furnished by the clerk to