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Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
with force and arms at
of
Robert
and then imprisoned the said Robert
kept &
any
space of
the next following
against the will of the said
the said
the time he was and
that the said Willian Burd held and
him in slavery and other wrongs to the said
the peace of this state and to the damage
of the said
therefore
Judgment confessed book 8 page 417
vs
This is a suit for freedom
let the usual