Maria, "a woman of colour," represents that "she is now held in slavery by Edward Atteberry administrator of Thomas Atteberry late deceased." She claims that Thomas Atteberry, her former master, emancipated her by deed in Kentucky. She further notes that she had previously been permitted to sue as a poor person for her freedom but that she was unable to secure the proper documentation. Fearful of being sold at auction as a slave out of the jurisdiction of the court "before she can have a trial on the merits of her case," Maria requests that the sheriff "take possession of your petitioner whenever she may be found, and bring her before your Hon. body, and to summon the person in whose possession she may be found, to be and appear before your Hon. body."
Result: Dismissed; appealed; reversed; remanded.
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Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri
