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To the
complaining, respectfully showeth unto
your
in slavery by
of
of your
this time services as a slave for the benefit
of said Blount & Baker before
ed to General
and belonged to him at the time of his
death
when he departed this Life. And that
at said Ashley's death he said de-
cedent made and published his last
will and testament wherein and by
which he liberated and set
said Ashley's death your petitioner has
been or pretended to be sold as he has
been informed and
the personal representatives of said decedents
estate to said Blount and Ba-
ker as a slave for life. Your petitioner
avers that he is entitled by said will
and the cases of the land to his freedom
and that he is now about thirty-nine
him leave to
thereof for the year Eighteen hundred
and forty-one as a poor person agreeably
to the laws of the said state of
provided in order to establish his right
to his freedom for the reasons and causes
aforesaid and your petitioner will
ever pray &c.
Personally appeared
before me the undersigned an acting
Justice of the peace in and for the town
ship of St Louis County and state afore-
said the above named petitioner
the matters and things stated and set
forth in the above petition, so far as sta
ted from his
and so for as stated from the information
of others he beleives them to be
true
I
the
give the above named petitioner
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in the said
a poor person to establish his right
to his freedom at the
And further order that he have reason
able liberty to attend to his counsel
and the said court, as occasion may
required; that he be not removed
out of the jurisditiction of the said
to any severty on account
of his application for freedom
a man of colour
vs
petition
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a man of colour
vs
James E. Blount &
Declaration
This is an action of
a suit for freedom
The clerk of
the
summons in the above
cause
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of Colour by his attorney
plaining of
of a plea of trespass and false imprison
ment- For that the defendants on the third
day of September eighteen hundred and
forty at the county and circuit aforesaid
upon said plaintiff an asault did make
and him then and there did strike,
wound and otherwise ill treat and him
then and there did imprison and
ed him in imprisonment for a long time
to wit from the day and year last aforesaid
to this day, contrary to the statute in
such case made and provided and against
the peace and dignity of the state aforesaid
and said plaintiff avers that before and
at the time of the committing of the
aforesaid, he was, and still is a free person,
and that the said defendants held and
still holds, him in slavery - Therefore he
brings his suit &
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We command you to Summon James E. Blount
and
appear
before the judge of our
held at the
day of March next, then and there to answer unto
of trespass and false imprisonment.
dollars: And have you then there this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness my hand and seal, at
I
tablish his right to his freedom at the
Term 1841
sonable liberty to attend to his counsel and
the said Court, as occasion may require, that
he be not removed out of the jurisdiction of the
said
to any severity on account of his application
for freedom this
Richard Thompson
vs Summons
Trespass & false impirsonment
Executed this writ in the county of
on the
it, the declaration and order of the Judge to
other defendant
my county
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of colour) humbly and respectfully stating
to the Honorable
of the
and State aforesaid, that by the permission
of your honor he has instituted a suit
in said
March Term Eighteen hundred and for-
ty
against one
said cause has been executed on one
of said defendants To wit said Baker by
the Sheriffs of said County and that Said
Blount the other defendant has not been
found as he is informed and verily believes
-that he verily belives he will be run
beyond the jurisdiction of your honorable
treated by said defendants and others in
consequence of bringing said suit afore-
said unless prevented by the timely inter-
position of your honor- before said suit in
he may be protected and saved harmless
in the apertion of his rights
by law he humbly petitions your
to grant him a
such case made and provided contem-
plates- that he may be brought before
your
contemplates - And grant to your petitioner
all such relief as his case merits in the
premises and as in duty bound he will
ever pray &c.
Personally appeared before
me the undersigned an acting justice of
the peace for the county and state aforesaid
stated in the above petition so far as stated
from his own knowledge are true and so far as
stated from the information of others
he believes them to be true.
a man of Colour
vs Petition
Blount & Baker
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vs
on petition
Blount & Baker
Summons
Shff ordered to hire petitioner out BK 12 p 93
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We command you to
seize
ver he may be found and bring him be=
fore the Honorable
of our
1841
to abide the decision of said judge on a
certain petition of the said
day filed, and that you summon James
E. Blount and
person whatever in whose possession he may
he found, to appear before the said Judge
such decision as the said court may make.
Excuted this writ
now in open court the body of
in
Feby 1841
writ I am commanded
county
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And the said defendant
Baker by his attorney comes & defends the force
injury when &
them or any part thereof in manner & form as the
said plaintiff hath above thereof complained
against him and of this he puts himself upon the
ats
Richard Thompson
Plea not guilty
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a suit for freedom
an appearence for