21184110https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21184110MissouriSt. LouisCounty2221841Circuit2221841Circuitpetition granted; plea of trespass filed; mistrial declared, granted; motion for new trial denied, appealed, affirmed106Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, MissouriAlsey, "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."Sues for freedom (enslaved)Westward migrationJails/WorkhousesAssaultFamily separated (Black)Manumission