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Your petitioner
represents, that his mother, a negress, named
year
or there about, your petitioner's mother then being about
twenty three years of age, was taken by one John stock from
territory of the united states, where she remained with
said strok rendering service to him and his family untill
the time of his death which happend as your petitioner
is informed and belives about the year
The further states that about the year
one
brought her from prairie
the
same year, by bill of sale of that date,
sold her to one Pierre Joseph Didier,
lawfully acquired her of the state of said John stock
deceaded.
The further states, that on the
1798
said
deseribing them in said bill of sale as a
"named
“about thirty years, and her two
“years old, and
“
as to the tittle to said slaves.
Your petitioner further states, that his mother
time of his death.
children, amongest whom is your petitioner, born
about the
after the death of said
petitioner was sold as property belonging to his
state, and was purchased by one
who subsequently sold your petitioner to and
and
now your petitioner claims that he is a
free man, first became him mother was born face,
being a native of a British province in which
slavery was not tolerated, and secondly, because
if his mother were boun a slave, she become
by her residence at
person under the Ordinance of
Your petitioner therefore prays that he
bepermitted to bring suit as a poor person against
the said
his right to freedom; that your honor will
order that he have resonable liberty to attend
his Counsel who may be afsigned him, and the
Court over which your preide, as occasion may
require, that he be not removed out of the
ofsaid Court, and that he be not subject
to any severity on account of this his application
for freedom and as in duty bound your petitioner
will ever pray
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It being my opinion that
the within petition contains sufficient matter
to an charge the commencement of a suit, I order
First. That
accomed to bring suit as a poor person against
to freedom, and i assign him as his counsel
Witson Primm.
Second.I order that said
liberty to attend his counsel and the court as
occasion may require; that he be not removed
out of the jurisdiction of the County, and that
he be not subject to any severity an account of
this his application for freedom.
Before me,
of the peace for within County aforesaid, came
made oath, that the facts contained in this petition are true
to his
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Pierre, a mulatto,
Complains of there Cerr
trespass. For that the said defendant on the
day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty,
upon the said plaintiff, to wil at the County
aforesaid, and then and there beat fruised and
ills-treated him the said plaintiffs and then
and there imprisoned him the said plaintiff
and kept and detained him in prison there,
without any reaonable or probable could
whatsoever, for a long space of time, to writ,
for the space of twenty from hours then next
following, Contrary to the laws of this tate
and against the will of the said plaintiff
and the said plaintiff
and at the time of the Committing of the
said several gievances, he the said plaintiff,
was, and still is a free persons, and that
the said defendant held and still holds
him the said plaintiff in slavery, to writ,
at the County aforesaid.
By reason of which said several premies
the defendant says he is injured, and has sustained
damage to the amount of Five hundred
dollars, and therefore he bring his
This is a suit for freedom
in form of an action of
trespass for
Plaintiff
pauperis.
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We command you to
if she befound in your County that he be and appear
before the judge of our
held at the
of
mulatto of a plea of trespas
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.
Summons
Suit for Freedom
Primim p.
q.
Executed this writ in the county of
a true copy of it and the petition I declaration and also
the order of
1840
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Bill of Sale
Copy for Mr. Primm
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des
Monsieur Andre Todd negotiant de
porte des maintenant et a tourjours et promet
garantir de tous troubles, dons, donaire, dettes
hipoteques, evictions, substitutions et autre empeche-
ment generalement quel conque a Monsieur
Dr
lui et ces heritiers ayant cause une negresse
nommee
sept ans la quelle lui appartient pour l'avoir
accquit legitiment de la succession de feu John
Stork de la quelle il est d'ailleur charge. Pour de
la dite negresse jouir faire et disposer par le
dits Sr Dr
cause comme de chose a lui appartenant a com-
mencer la jouissance des aujourd hui, cette vente
ainsi faite moyennant le prix et valeur de
onze cents quatre vingt sept livres et demi de
peaux de chevreuil raye de necette, payable au
premier de May de l'annee prochaine de mil
sept cent quatre vingt seize. Pour tout delai,
a peine de tout depens, dommages et interest,
au quel payement, dommages et interest, la
dite negresse presentement vendue demeure
par privilege special affectees et hipotequee
et en autre le dit acquereur y obligent sa personnes
et ces biens presente et avenir, transportant
par le dit Sr Andre Todd au dit acquereur
tous droits de propriete et autres quel a et peut
dont il s'est demis et de saisi a son profit et
de ces heritiers et ayant cause car ainsi a ete
convenu entre les parties qui ont signes avec
Messieur
avec nous Commandant a
le vingt huitieme jour du mois d'Octobre de
l'annee mil sept cent quatre vingt quinze.
Cure de
Before the officer of the western part
of
Mr Andre Todd negotiator of
in maintaining and always promising
to ensure all troubles, donations, monies, debts,
mortgages, evictions, substitutions and other general
preventions with which Mr.
Dn.
her and these heirs with cause, a negro
slave named
seven years of there to have apparently left
legitimately following a fire of John
Stork of there which he is besides charged. The
said negro woman is to have contentment and to be disposed of the
said Sr. Dn.
cause otherwise, her choice is to begin
her contentment today, and so
this sale, having the price and value of
eleven cents eighty seven livres and half in
deer skins at receipt, payable the
first of May of the next year
1786. Having
a penalty in delay of all costs, damages and interest,
the said negro woman sold at present residence
is allowed special privilege and
in the other, the said purchaser and those obligated for her persons
and these good presents, and future transports
for the said Sr. Andre Todd the said purchaser
of all rights of property and others there and ableto have on the said negro woman presently sold
his profit in my possession and seized to and of
these heirs with cause and so it was
agreed between the parties that we sign with
Mr.
in
the twenty ninth day of the month of October
the year 1795
I
the
County aforesaid, certify the foregoing to be a full
true and correct copy of archive no
same remains on file in my office.
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Bill of sale Copy for
Fee 57
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Colonel au Regiment fixe de la Louisianne, Lieu-
tenant Gouverneur et Commendant en chef la poste
occidental des
ce lieu
Fut present Dom Pierre Joseph Didier Relig-
iense Pretre Benedictin, Cure de la paroisse de
reconnu et confesse avoir vendu, cede, quitte et
delaisse par ces presentes des maintenant a tou-
jours, promets garantir de tours troubles, dettes,
hypoteques, dons, donaire, et tons empechements
generalement quel conque, au Sieur Auguste Chou-
teau negociant demurant au dit
a ce present acceptant acquereur pour lui ses
hoirs, ou ayant cause a l'avenir, une negresse
nommee
de
deux gacons, l'un nomme
deux ans et demi, et l'autre nomme Toussaint
age de dix mois; tous deux nes dans ce
sans autre garantie par le dit Sieur vendeur,
que de ces faits, promesses et obligations seule-
ment; ainsi que les dits esclaves se pourroient
et comportent et que le dit acquereur dit
bien savoir et connoitre et etre content et satis-
fait et les avoir recu: cette vente et cession
ainsi faitte pour et moyennant le prix et somme
de six cents cinquante piastres, en peaux de
chevreuil de recette et au
laquelle somme le dit sieur vendeur a reconnu
et confesse avoir recu avant la passation des
Car ainsi fait et ce promettant et ce obligeant
et ce renoncant et ces fait et passe a
salle du Gouvernement, l'an mil sept cent quatre
vingts dix huit, le huit Aout, en presence des
Sieurs
temoins d'assistance que nous avons interpelle
qui ont signee avec le dit Sieur vendeur, et
nous
acquereur
Before us Dom Zenon Trudeau, Lieutenant
Colonel of the Regiment stationed in
Lieutenant Governor and Chief Commander
of the western post of
leader, Priest of the
delay in these presents of always maintaining,
promising to guarantee all troubles, debts
mortgages, donations, monies, and all general preventions
for which Mr.
negotiator of said
to this present accepted purchase for her, her
heirs, and with future cause, a negro woman
named
of
two boys, one named
two and a half, and the other named Toussaint
the age of 10 months; the two born in this area,
without them guaranteed solely for the said seller
in these made promises and obligations
however the said slaves themselves could
arrange to what the said purchaser said was
to be known good and
satisfactory in what they received:
and so this sale
was made and witnessed for the price and sum
of six cents fifty piastres, in deer
skins in receipt and to the payment of the place,
this sum the said gentleman seller had known
and confessed to have received without passing of
presents. And so therefore made this promise and this obligation
and this reminder and these were made and occured in
Government office, in the year 1799, the ninth of August, in the presence of
Gentlemen
assisting witnesses, verifying that we have
signed with the said gentleman seller, and
our Lieutenant Governor and the said gentleman
purchaser.
I
aforesaid, certify the foregoing to be a full,
and correct copy of Archive No 750 as the same
remains on file in my office.
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and the said defendant
by her attonmy come and defendants the wrong
not
in the said
and form as the said plaintiff
above thereof
and of
county