Petition #21181802

• St. Louis County, Missouri. June 9, 1818. - circa 0 .
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Circuit Courts in the Northern Circuit

Abstract

Jack, a man of color, avers that his former owner, Eusebus Hubbard, signed and sealed "a certain instrument in writing" whereby he became free upon Hubbard's death. Noting that Barnabas Harris now holds him as a slave, Jack prays "such order may be taken to enable him to recover his freedom as the law directs."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #21181803, #21185408; Copy of Indenture, Eusebius Hubbard, et al., 11 October 1811; Deposition, Wallis Estell, 10 April 1819
• Pages of related documents: 6

22 people are documented within petition 21181802

• 14 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 7 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri

• Records of the Circuit Court

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Title dispute (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Prenuptial agreement