Petition #11184604

• St. Louis County, Missouri. filing started circa 1846.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: [To the Ge]neral assembly of the state of Missouri

Abstract

St. Louis County jailer explains that two runaway slaves--Edward Ellsey and William Anderson--were committed to his jail in 1843 and kept there for a considerable period until they were sold at auction. Anderson, for example, remained incarcerated 478 days. The jailer asks for reimbursement of expenses over and above the amount brought in when the two were sold.

Result: Referred to committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Records of the St. Louis County Court, Copy of Sheriff's Expenses for Holding Slaves, William Anderson and Edward Ellsey, 2 December 1846
• Pages of related documents: 5

4 people are documented within petition 11184604

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri

• Records of the House of Representatives, 14th General Assembly, 1st Session., 1846-1847
• Record group: 550
• Folder: 33

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Freedom seekers
• Auctions
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)