20783409https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20783409KentuckyJeffersonCounty2491834Circuit000103Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KentuckyMarshall, a term slave, asks that he be granted "the privilege to sue as a poor person vs one Zed Gozee." Marshall asserts that Gozee is holding him "as a slave for life," which is contrary to the conditions stipulated in Andrew Linn's will; Linn directed that Marshall be free after completing a 10-year term of servitude. Since Linn's death, Marshall states that "his earnings have gone to his several masters," leaving him unable to pay the expenses of a suit. He states that he "must and will Suffer great injury and verily believes he will finally loose his liberty forever" unless he is allowed to sue as a poor person. owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveFear of enslavementTerm slavery