Petition #21184110
- St. Louis County, Missouri. February 22, 1841. - February 22, 1841.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Hon., the Circuit Court of the County of St Louis
Abstract
Alsey, "a woman of color," relates that she was born into slavery about thirty-eight years ago in Kentucky. She further recounts that her master, Zachariah Cross, gave her, at age fourteen, to his daughter and son-in-law, Rachel and Robert Funkhouser. Alsey reports that the Funkhausers took her to Illinois, where she "continued to reside ... at the Saline & at Shawnytown" for five years. The petitioner informs the court that Cross reclaimed her after five years, because Funkhauser was "greatly involved in debt" and that he took her back to Kentucky, eventually bringing her to Missouri where she was sold. Claiming that she is "now held in slavery and deprived of her just rights, freedom and liberty" by William Randolph, the petitioner "prays your honorable Court, to allow her to sue as a poor person in order to establish her right to freedom."
Result: Petition granted; plea of trespass filed; mistrial declared, granted; motion for new trial denied, appealed, affirmed.
- Number of petition pages: 3
- Related documents: Order, ca. 21 February 1841; Plea of Trespass, Alsey vs. William Sullivan Randolph, 22 February 1841; Sheriff's Return, 26 February 1841; Amended Plea of Trespass, Alsey vs. William Sullivan Randolph, 26 February 1841; Deposition, James Duncan, 29 December 1841; Justice's Certification, 29 December 1841; Transcript of Court Record, Alsey vs. William Sullivan Randolph, 22 February 1841--1 November 1843; Deposition, Timothy Guard, Gallatin County, Illinois, 29 June 1841; Deposition, Edna C. Reeves, Edwards County, Illinois, 18 March 1842; Clerk's Certification, 26 December 1843; Writ of Error, Missouri Supreme Court, 19 December 1843; Clerk's Return, 30 December 1843; Opinion, Missouri Supreme Court, 7 October 1844
- Pages of related documents: 39
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Citation information
Repository: Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri
- Records of the Circuit Court (Records of the Supreme Court, Case Files, Box #34, Case #28, Randolph v. Alsey, 5 January 1844; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri)
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