Jenny Brown, the mother of fourteen-year-old Jim Brown, avers that she "was brought into the state of Virginia for the purpose of sale by her master by reason of which she was then and is now a free person." She represents that she was later "brought to the state of Missouri and in said state of Missouri she has been held in slavery for more than twenty years against her will during which time the said Jim was born." Asserting that her son is also entitled to his freedom, Jenny Brown, as her son's next friend, therefore "prays your Honor to permit and allow him to sue as a free person to establish his right to freedom."
Result: Petition granted; plea of trespass filed.
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Repository: Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri
