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Executed this writ in the
offering to read it and the declaration to James
Musick on the
d it the services and by reading it and the declaration to
vs
Suit for freedom
Continued BK 10 page 190 - non suit BK 12 p 45 - same at aside & alias
summons or deed
We command you to
before the Judge of our
at the
of
man of
vs
The said
here his petition verifid as the law requires praying for leave to sue as a poor person in order to establish his right to freedom
and the said petition in the opinion of the court containing sufficient matter to authorize the commencement of a suit
it is ordered that the said plaintiff be permitted to sue as a poor person to establish his right to freedom the court doth assign him
his counsel & the court as occasion may require that he be not removed out of the jurisdiction of the court, and that he be not subject
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The Petition of
of colour respectfully
of
Master
now state of
your Petitioner upon it as a
kept your petitioner there at
between 11 & 12 months as his slave, this
your petitioner thinks was in the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred & seventeen
petitioner had been kept on the
of
took your Petitioner to
& sold him as a slave to
Daughter Susan Maca the
the
said
placed as a slave by
acts as the
of said
is informed &
and legally entitled to his freedom for the
he may be permitted to sue as a poor
person to establish his freedom
him & such
James
says that the
petition stated are true
vs
In the
The said
sents to the court here his petition
suit in this court for freedom and the said petition in the
sufficient
and that
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of
-
the first day of
Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight at
in said county the said Defendants
and arms made an
plaintiff & there
so continued to
the day last aforesaid untill the day of
the commencement of this suit and
and the law of the Land and the plaintiff
ours that before and at the time of the
committing of the said
he was and still is a free person & that
said defendants
the said plaintiff in slavery and therefore
for his liberty he
Daniel Talbot
a man of color
vs
Action for Freedom
under the Statute
The clerk
issue a summons
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Whereas Satisfactory
that Daniell Talbot a man of color
who has been permitted to sue for his
freedom
Music &
removed from the Jurisdiction of
said Court in
order of said Court made in
said suit, your are therefore
commanded forthwith to take
said
forthwith bring him before
said Court or the Judge
thereof in reaction & do you
notify said Defendants
& where you
whereof I
of said Court at the Court house
in
hereto subscribe my name &
the seal of said Court this
of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty
nine.
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his oath says he is informed & beleives
that some time in the night time on
or about
taken in a
removed
this court this
to
believe that
plaintiff. This
informed & believes
that he
night about
plaintiff in jail for safe keeping &
the
of a
Daniel Talbot
vs
Affidavit
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man of color
Petition for
to