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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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Your Petitioner
represents that she was born free in the state of
about the year
recovered her freedom that both she &
have/ her mother since 1809 & your petitioner
from information that one
in 1809 or 1808 removed into the
he
it that was intention that said
free.. Your Petitioner says she has this day been
arrested as a
of
to have arrested your Petitioner as attorney
for the Executor of
to the Estate of said
your Petitioner
unless he is presented & your Petitioner does not
security that she shall not be removed. Your
petitioner prays that she may be permitted to
to
may be
such orders may be made in the premises as
unable her to communce &
& secure her safely & she will
says the
she further says that she is informed &
that
to
your
that she shall not be so removed. She is
&
constable who arrested your petitioner as a runaway
slave to put your petitioner
that said constable refused to do so & committed
your petitioners to
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Deposition
Justices fees (paid) $1.25
vs
In the
To the Clerk of the
vs
Deponent thinks that it is over twenty years since the said
returned from
- The names of the Children said to be the children of said
are as follows, to wit. (as far as deponent knows or recollects)-
Sam, one called
Vina- Deponent believes that said
but deponent does not know them- Deponent understands
that said Wench has had part of her children in
her return there and that several of them had been born there
Deponent knows that said Wench was married to a coloured man
in
named Nase Titus, and that she had had
Deponent further says that said
in
that said
of
deponent saw the said
I
the above named Deponent
to testify the whole truth of his knowledge touching the matters in
controversy between each of the parties aforesaid that his
examination was reduced to writing & by him subscribed
in my
the place in that behalf trial aforesaid
hand at
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two
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the said land was situate within
ville aforesaid in the
then observed to said
of our
had
they would be free according to the
his intention that they should be Slaves. that he knew they
remain unith him during his natural life: that it was not his
intention they should be Slaves after his death: that the old
he knew she would not leave him - The said
in the same year (in what month of said year deponent does not now-
Deponent understood that said
does not recollect - The
of negroes - when
understand that
this deponent does not know - Deponent
suit and as deponent understood.
the
day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
& thirty two
forenoon & five Oclock in the after noon of that day
pursuant to the enclosed
in the following causes pending in the circuit of
St Louis
a
in the cause of
infant of color against
G. Mitchel also
against
C.
the part of the planitiffs.
& saith, that
deponent believes about the year Eighteen hundred and eight, in the
month of February.
man named Elisha Mitchell- said
had then recently arrived in the Then territorry of
is now called Harrisonville in the
of May next following, the said
get him to
with one George
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Free negros
notice
All the above are actions for freedom in the
Circuit. The above named Defendants &
will please to take notice that on the
day of November
& state of
Cclock in the fornoon &
afternoon of that day I shall take the
Depositions of the
on the trial of each of said causes
of said plaintiff
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"By the
You are hereby commanded that the body of
detained (as is said) under safe & secure
together with the day & the cause of her being
taken & detained you have on Monday the 23
to do submit &
witness
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Death of plaintiff suggested &
vs
I
do hereby order that the above named petitioner
to establish her freedom I do
her said
liberty of attending the Court & her counsel when occasion may require & that the said
&
We command you to summon
appear before the Judge of our
thereof to be held at the
to answer unto
friend of a plea of trespass, assault and Battery and false imprisonment
by means of which premises said plaintiff says the is greatly injured
and hath
then there this writ
declaration to him & also the copy of the order of
Judge of the
of
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This is an action of
false Imprisonment &
suit for
the statute Sum $ 500
The clerk of
please
Mahala a
friend complains of
that heretofor
in the year of
at
did the form & arms make are
the said plaintiff & did then & there
form &
& there unlawfully improson her
reasonable or probable cause
& detained her in prison there
cause for a long space of time to wit for the
space of
aforesaid & other wrongs to the said
then & there did against the
of the state and said
& at the time of the committing said
she was & still is a free person & that the defendant
held & detained & still helds & detains her in slavery
to
sustained Damages to
she
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Petitioner for freedom
&
I
order that the
permitted to sue as as a poor person to establish her
freedom I do assign
counsel to commence & prosecute
for freedom and do
the Court & her
& that the said
of the
any
Freedom