Hannah, "a mulatto woman aged abt nineteen years," charges that she is held in slavery by John Pitcher, although "she verily believes that she is entitled to freedom." The petitioner cites that Daniel Page previously owned her and that the said Page took her to Boston where she remained for about six months. She further notes that "slavery is not allowed to exist in the state of Massachusetts, and was not permitted when she was so taken there & kept as aforesaid and that such a holding her in slavery there by the laws of said state entitled petitioner to freedom."
Result: Petition granted; plea of trespass filed, dismissed.
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Repository: Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri
