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men of
to
eighteen hundred & thirty
whom your
to this
said
siad
as
said
The said
should give him in advance one hundred Dollars
& said
there
payable by Installments $100 payable Ten
months
from the date last
months from the date last
payable Thirty months from the said
May AD 1830
due said
$400 by his
the Thirty months
& Gilbert
should only pay said
part of said sum of Three hundred Dollas, and it
said
as a slave by
should give said
obligation to said
payable by Installments as aforesaid your
say that
said
the representation made by said
&
then gave said
presence of
said
suggested said
sum of $400 should be paid by said
that said
many
amount of
said
A No 1
complainants make them a part of
this
said
to said
hundred Dollars payable by Instalments according
to the
proposition of said
and
said
$100 was advanced & said
given for the
purpose of affecting the
of said
and said
had became
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said
for
$300
held
of
Said
your
against
your
that a
to appear
may be
compelled
the
will not
compelled
$300 - that they may
at
of
cancelled
such further
&
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a
in consideration
of
discharge & free from slavery
a
certain Negro Man aged
person this day
all my
in the year of
eight hundred & thirty
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on the
our
may be made
&
the said
and the said
as such to
said
That
should
and said
him
made
payable
aforesaid
of may
that by the time
said
by
of the
man
by
obligations
Dollars
payble by intallments
Your
complainants
under the
belief
said
was
true
duress of false
imprisonment they agreed
advanced one hundred Dollars
Said
of
suggested said
said
secured for the money
advanced & which
should
gilbert which Bill of Sale & Deed of
emancipation
say they
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no other
consideration
-ants
and long before that said
time previous held said
imprisonment. Siad complainants further
say that said
Bond for $300
Edward Lay &
Said Complainants further alledge that said
if
him. Your complainants pray that said
Lay
&
Your complainants
for the reasons aforesaid
pray- that a subpoena may issue
requiring
the Defendants
that they
oath all the
allegations of this bill so far as
such answer will not
criminate them
court said bond for $300 that they may
be
this
of
up &
cancelled
seem
will pray
in
free black man of
these presents
said
slave aged about Twenty five years named
April in
eight hundred & Twenty
six
said Negro man slave named
said
my
representations
said
slave
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the
to a
and
by the
him,
Tracy's) acknowledging
service
him,
in
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The said
the
contained
they are
in the
of
free by
dred
dollars, and asked said Wahrendorff's
advice
respecting
he then
him (
in which
& that the
dorff advised
unless
a
or become
the
& asked him
to
the office of
arrangement with
dants
said
the office of said
ment was
seal of
for three hundred dollars was executed
which marked A. No. 1. is
this
man &
rendorff
advanced
at Jonathan's
dollor
to said
that was
by the agreement to be paid down
in cash and that in all this
defendant
ed,
other,
The defendants
further say that the said
informed said
the country & that
dom, but that as he
bert
belonged
was
said
defendents further
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on the twenty eighth of
said
instrument a sum of money
&
repayment
from said
due on said
S.
Thomas
was no
purchase of
the
his have, which was
they understand to
the said
er
to
suit:
expressed
The
after said bond was put into the defendant's
than was notified of such
fact
which time be made no
objection to paying the
same. The
& so makes the
above
the
of
but do not know & therefore do not
admit it
do not know
lieve &
than
rather than try
the experiment
to
freedom
detailed
above
to make
will
traversed
these
defendants Tracy & Wahrendorff are
ready
and
respectively say
that
swer
stated
those
live
to be
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Ten months
to
of one
date
ther
last mentioned
serves
subject
whereas
this
there
unable
from this
of the above
hands
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you to
appear before the
as a Court of
be held at the City of
of
have you then there this
County