Petition #20883713
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. February 6, 1837. - February 5, 1838.
- Court: District
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Third District Court of the State of Louisiana, holding Sessions in and for the Parish of West Feliciana
Abstract
Frank Irwin, a free man of color, claims that he was born in Pennsylvania and became a free man at the age of twenty-one. Irwin contends that, after becoming free, he lived for several years in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was “seized & delivered as a slave” to a man named Harris or Harrison, who took him to Kentucky. He eventually ended up in Louisiana, where he is now being held as a slave for life by Thomas Powell. Powell has offered to sell him for $1,500. Frank Irwin therefore prays to be taken away from Powell, sequestered in the hands of the sheriff, and decreed free. He seeks $1,000 from Powell, as compensation for his illegal detention.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 3
- Related documents: Order, 6 February 1837; Answer, Thomas Powell, 6 May 1837; Testimonies, General Taylor, et al., 19 September 1837-6 December 1837; Judgment, 22 December 1837 [Found in Records of the Third Judicial District Court at West Feliciana Parish Courthouse, St. Francisville, Louisiana]; Transcript of Court Records, 6 February 1837-15 November 1837, including: Copy of Petition and Order, 6 February 1837; and Testimonies, R. A. Madison, et al., 14 November 1837, certified 15 November 1837; Petition of Appeal, 26 December 1837; Order, 26 December 1837; Supreme Court Opinion and Decree, 5 February 1838 [Found in Supreme Court of Louisiana Collection at University of New Orleans]
- Pages of related documents: 48
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Citation information
Repository: West Feliciana Parish Courthouse, St. Francisville, Louisiana
- Records of the Third Judicial District Court and Supreme Court of Lousiana Collection
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