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The Plaintiff, a
Corporation duly incorporated by the
laws of the State of
who sues to the use of
woman of Colour) states that about
eighteen years ago,
enth day of March eighteen hundred
and thirty six,
of Colour) being then owned and posses
sed as a slave by the Plaintiff, and
the Plaintiff being at that time
ed to the Defendant
for money advanced by him for the Plain
tiff an agreement was then entered
into between the Plaintiff and the
Defendant
that the said
him (the Defendant Francis B. Jame
son) for five years to pay the sum
of two hundred and fifty dollars
for money so advanced, and that
at the expiration of the said five
years she was
of the moving considerations in said
agreement was the express stipula
tion that the said
free at the expiration of the said
umit and emancipate her at the ex
piration of the said five years; that
by
agreement and the said express
stipulation the Plaintiff trans
ferred and delivered the said
into the
fendant
the time aforesaid, and she then
commenced Serving him; that
the said Defendant Francis B. Jame
son was then a resident of the State
of
a resident of said State between
five and six years thereafter, du
ring
that he then changed his residence
to the
moved her with him to the said
State, where he has since resi
ded and now continues to
Plaintiff further states
that the said
said five years, and that she was,
at the expiration of the said five
years, and still is, entitled to her
freedom, and to manumission
and
virtue and
agreement and
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aforesaid; but that she has ever since
the expiration of the said five years
as aforesaid
and claimed as a slave and is now wrongfully and illegally
held in Slavery and claimed as a
Slave, by the Defendant
Plaintiff
during most or all of the time since
the removal of the Defendant
land to the
Between eleven and twelve years
the said
is now
aforesaid in
now in the possession of the Defend
ant
by him in slavery; that she has
been and is, hired as aforesaid at the
rate of ninety six dollars per
year, out of which it was agreed
her clothing and bills for medical
attendance
but
has been required, which has been
rendered free of charge by the
Defendant
who is a Physician; that the
the average sum of
dollars per year.
Plaintiff further states
writing upon the books of the Plaintiff,
so being a corporation as aforesaid,
at the time the said agreement was
made between the Plaintiff and the
Defendant
aforesaid; that examination of said
books was made within a few years
thereafter, and has since been made
and inquiry also made of the proper
offices, but that the said books had been
burned and destroyed, and
defaced so that the said agreement
so entered in writing as aforesaid,
record of that date
and that Plaintiff cannot, therefore,
produce such writing.
Plaintiff further States
that an instrument of writing was
given by the Plaintiff to the Defend
ant
of the making of the said agreement,
stating the same as above
and the express condition and
that the said
tion after the said five years was to be
free as aforesaid, and that the
consideration in giving said in
strument of writing was the
was to be free at the expiration
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of the said five years, and that the
Defendant
the expiration
Plaintiff asks that the de
fendant
compelled by the
Court to specifically excute and
to
said
be compelled to render an account
and make payment for the value
of the service of the said
beyond the said five years as a-
forsaid, during the
tion of the said
Defendant
wrongfully
Plaintiff further asks that
the said
made a party defendant to this
petition, and that he be required
to answer the same; and further
that he may be compelled to render
an account of the value of the
service of the said
the time she has been hired to him
as aforesaid, beyond the said five
years as aforsaid, during her
gal
mitted as aforesaid; that he be
enjoined and restrained from paying
to the Defendant
any of the value of the said service
as aforesaid which may now be
his hands, and that he hold the same
subject to the
Court.
Plaintiff
ment
and performance of the said
ment and of
emancipation of the said
and for the full amount of the
value of her service beyond the
said
during her illegal
wrongfully committed as aforesaid
and for such other further relief
as shall seem meet and proper.
use the Plaintiff sues, makes oath
and say that she
and the matter as therein stated
are true.
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Mount St. Mary's College,
to the use of
(a woman of colour)
vs
Petition for
performance of a
greement &
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Your petitioner,
states that about seventeen years ago, to wit:
about the
and thirty six,
as a slave by Mount St. Mary's College, near
of
time indebted to
President thereof, for money advanced by him
the same, an agreement was there entered into
between them that she should serve him for
five years to pay the sum of two hundred and
fifty dollars for money so advanced, and that
at the expiration of the said five years she
was to be free; that by
of said agreement she was transferred and
delivered into the possession of the said
aforesaid, and then commenced serving him;
that the said
resident of the state of
to be for five or six years or between five and six
years, during all of which time she continued
to
to the state of
to the said State, where he has since residend and
now continues to reside; that since said removal
from the state of
the said
and hold her, and now claims her as a slave;
that during most or all of said time last aforesaid
to wit: for about eleven or twelve years, or between
eleven and twelve years She has been hired
and is now hired by the said
City and
now in the possession of th esaid
Your Petitioner further state that
in the state of
the said
aforesaid, she was informed by an officer or
officers of said Mount St Mary's College that
the said agreement in terms as aforesaid and
upon the condition aforesaid was entered in
writing upon the books of the said College;
that she went to the said College to
about it and did
of the College whether the same was so
informed by him that if could be found; but that
the books had been
no records of that date could be found; that
she was afterwards informed by the officers of the
said College and by the President thereof who
came into office after the
the said agreement in terms aforesaid had been
made between the said
the said College and that the same had been
entered in writing on the Books of the said College;
She was further informed by the sisters of
that the said books had been
date could be found
your Petitioner further states that
has been informed in this state, and but a
short time since through the said President
who su
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this state thhrough the said President who
succeeded the said
and by others
agreement aforesaid in terms aforesaid and upon
the express condition and
between the said
said College, and had been entered in writing
in the books thereof, and that some trace or
memorandum thereon ought to be found, but that
your petitioner has caused examination to be
made and has not yet been able to find such
trace or memorandum.
Your Petitioner further states that she
has been in this state, and but a
short time since, through the said President who
succeeded the said
the infromation given by him last aforesaid is
correct, and has been more and more impressed on
his mind, and that the books of the said
College
and that he still believed it could be found;
and further that his strong impression has
been and is that a bill of sale was given by the
said College to the said
stating the said agreement in terms aforesaid
and upon the express condition and
aforesaid; and that the same was more strongly
impressed upon his
kind of transction, at that time, between the
Said College and another person, a creditor of
the college, in relation to a negro child who
became free in accordnce therewith.
Your petitioner further states that of
her own knowledge the fact last above stated is
true, and that, in substance, all of said
information conformes to her own knowledge of the
said agreement between the said college and
the said
aforesaid, and upon the express condition and
had, and has not now, any other understanding
of it.
Your Petitioner further states that the
foregoing is the
freedom is founded, and prays for leave
to
her right to freedom.
the above petitioner,
says that the foregoing petition
and the matters, as therein stated,
of her own knowledge, are true, &
that those stated on the information
of others she beleives are true.
the petitioner, makes oath & says
that the said petitioner is a poor
person, and unable to prosecute
her suit, and pay the cash and
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expenses thereof
The Court being of opinion that
the foregoing
ficient matter to
mencement of a suit, it is ordered
allowed to sue.
Second, That the said petitioner have
reasonable liberty to attend her Counsel
and the Court, as occasion may require
that she be not removed out of the
jurisdiction of the Court, and that
she be not subject to any severity
on account of her application
for freedom.
And
satisified from the affidavit
nexed to and filed
is a poor person, and unable
to prosecute her suit, and pay
the costs and expenses thereof,
it is ordered that the said
petitioner be permitted to com
mence and procecuted her action
as a poor person.
vs
Petition for leave to
sue for freedom
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We command you to summon
to appear
before the Judge of our
in the
of
of Color
as set forth in the annexed petition
and have you then there and this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness, my hand and seal, at
of 185
Executed
as furnished by the Clerk, at the usual place of
ode of
defendants, with a white person of his family above the
age of fifteen years
Mount
Color
vs Summons
Pet for Freedom
The Court being of
petition
ize the commencement of a
First, that the said petitioner be allowed to
reasonable liberty to attend her counsel and
the Court, as
she be not removed out of the
of the Court and that she be not subjected
to any severity on account of her app
lication for freedom. And
being satisfied from the
to
the said petitioner is a poor person and
unable to
the
that the said petitioner be permitted to com
mence and
poor person
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The Plaintiff,
a corporation duly incorporated by the laws
of the state of
of
about eighteen years ago, to wit: about the
six,
being then owned and prossessed as a slave
by the Plaintiff, and the Plaintiff being
at that time
him for the Plaintiff an agreement was
then
the defendant
the said
defendant
years
and fifty dollars for money so advanced,
and that at the expiration of the said
five years She was to be free; that one
of the moving considerations in said
agreement was the
that the said
at the expiration of the said five years,
and that the defendant,
emancipate her at the expiration of
the said five years; that by
in pursuance of said agreement and the
said express
transferred and delivered the said
defendant
time aforesaid, and she then commenced
serving
of the state of
to be a resident of said state between
five and six years thereafter, during all
of which time the said
to serve him; that he then changed his
residence
removed her with him to the said state,
where he has since resided and now
continues
Plaintiff further states that
the said
defendant
expiration of the said five years, and
that she was at the expiration of the
said five years, and still is entitled to her
freedom, and to
emancipation by
of the
since the expiraion of the said five years as
aforesaid been wrongfully & illegaly held in slavery, and claimed as
a slave, and is
claimed as a slave, by the defendant
Plaintiff further states that during
most or all of the time since the
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the defendant, Francis B.Jameson from the
State of
between eleven and twelve years the said
the defendant,
defendant
county of
aforesaid, in
the possession of the defendant,
and wrongfully & illegally
been, and is, hired as aforesaid at the rate
of ninety six dollars per year, out of which, it
was agreed her
attendance should be paid; that but little
attendance has been required, which has been
rendered free of charge by the defendant
of
eighteen dollars per year.
Plaintiff further states that the
agreement above set forth,
and upon the express
was
so being a corporation as aforesaid, at the time the
said agreement was made
the defendant
that examination of said books was made within
a few years thereafter, and has since been made,
an injury also made of the proper officers, but
that the said books had been
and
so entered in writing as aforesaid could not be
found, and so that no record of that date could
be found; and that Plaintiff cannot therefore
for
Plaintiff further states that
to the defendant
of the making of the said agreement, stating the
same as above
and
of the said five years was to be free as aforesaid,
and that the moving consideration in giving said
instrument of
that the said
of the said five years, and that the defendant,
emancipate her at the expiration of the said
five years
Plaintiff asks that the defendant,
judgement of this court to specifically
perform the said
and emancipate the said
that he may be compelled
and make payment for the value of the
service of the said
five years as aforesaid, during the illegal
defendant,
commissed as aforesaid
Plaintiff further asks that
the said
defendant to this
to answer the same; and further that he may
be compelled
of the service of the said
she has been hired to him as aforesaid, beyond
the said five years as aforesaid, during her
illegal detention so wrongfully committed as
aforesaid; that he be
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from paying to the defendant,
of the
may now be in hands or which may hereafter
be in his hands, and that he hold the same
subject
Plaintiff further asks judgement
of
said agreement and of
full amount of the value of her service beyond the
said five years as aforesaid, during her illegal
and for such other further releif as shall
the Plaintiff sues, makes oath and says that
she believes the foregoing petition and the
matters as therein stated are true.
Mount St.
College to the
use of
(a woman of colour)
vs
Edmund H. M.
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We command you to summon
to appear
before the Judge of our
in the
of
as set forth in the annexed petition
and have you then there and this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness, my hand and seal, at
of_185
vs
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We command you to summon
with
to appear
before the Judge of our
in the
of
of color)
as set forth in the annexed petition
and have you then there and this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause
Witness, my hand and seal, at
of_185
Mount
use of
vs
Summons to
Petition for specific performance
The
ing petition
authorize the
it is ordered
er be allowed to sue Second that the
said peitioner
to attend her counsel and the court
as
not
Court and that she be not
any
for freedom And
satisfied from the affidavit annexed
to and
the
unable to
ordered that the said
mitted to commence and
Executed the within writ on the therein named
by reading the same to him in his presence and hearing on
the
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We command you to summon
with
to appear
before the Judge of our
in the
of
woman of color)
as set forth in the annexed petition
and have you then there and this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause
Witness, my hand and seal, at
of_185
the within named named
this writ is returned not served on either of these
This
Mount
to the use of
of color)
vs
Summons to New
Petition for Specific Performance
tition
that the said petitioner be allowed to sue Second
that the said peitioner
erty to attend her Counsel and the Court
as
and that she be not
on
and
affidavit annexed to and
said petition that the
poor person and unable to
her
thereof it is ordered that the said petiti
oner be permitted to commence and