Petition #20784601

• Jefferson County, Kentucky. January 30, 1846. - February 1846.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the Honorable S.S. Nicholas Chancellor of the Louisville chancery court

Abstract

In 1836, Reverend John Littlejohn stipulated in his will that his slave Mary should be freed in March 1845, when she reached the age of twenty-five. However, she was sold by Littlejohn's grandson-in-law, William Hughes, to George Miller, who claims her as his slave and wants to remove her from Kentucky. Mary sues Miller for "a year in hard labor." She asks the court for her liberty and for monetary compensation.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: PARs #20784602, #2074603; Order, February 1846
• Pages of related documents: 1

5 people are documented within petition 20784601

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky

• Records of the Circuit Court, Case Files

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Fear of enslavement
• Term slavery