Petition #20784807

• Jefferson County, Kentucky. filing started August 28, 1848.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honbl the Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court

Abstract

George, a man of color, charges that Joseph A. Kean fraudulently sold him to Thomas Powell as a slave for life. George attests that he is entitled to his freedom "at the end of seven years." The petitioner seeks "to prosecute his suit 'in forma pauperis' & without cost."

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Order, 28 August 1848; Amended Bill, 31 August 1848; Answer of Robert Cooper and James McMillan, 15 September 1848; Answer of Joseph A. Keen, 8 September 1848; Receipt, 1848
• Pages of related documents: 10

7 people are documented within petition 20784807

• 2 Enslaved
• 3 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 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
• Jails/Workhouses
• Freedom seekers
• Warranty (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Slave trade (Atlantic)
• Fear of enslavement
• Term slavery