Petition #21184517
- St. Louis County, Missouri. April 29, 1845. - April 29, 1845.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Hon John M Krumm Judge of the St Louis Circuit Court
Abstract
Thomas Jefferson, a thirty-two-year-old "man of color," claims that he is unjustly held as a slave by George Colton and Jonathan Moulton. Jefferson, born a slave in Virginia, claims that his original master brought him to Missouri where he resided until the spring of 1839. There, he was purchased by James Prosser and transported to the state of Illinois, where Prosser "compelled him to labour as such on a farm." At the expiration of eight months, Prosser carried him back to Missouri and sold him to the defendants. Jefferson seeks the court's permission to sue for his freedom as a poor person. In his plea of trespass, Jefferson assesses the damages he has sustained at five hundred dollars.
Result: Petition granted; plea of trespass filed, partially granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PAR #21184219; Order, 29 April 1845; Sheriff's Return, 5 May 1845; Summons, George Colton, Jonathan B. Moulton, 5 May 1845; Plea of Trespass, Thomas Jefferson vs. George A. Colton and Jonathan B. Moulton, 29 April 1845; Defendants' Plea, George A. Colton, Jonathan B. Moulton, 22 November 1845; Affidavit, George M. Richards, 29 April 1845; Affidavit, Andrew H. H. Dawson, November Term 1845; Sheriff's Return, 30 November 1845; Writ of Habeas Corpus, Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1845; Sheriff's Return, 30 April 1845; Subpoena, Miron Leslie, Milton W. Hopkins, William Carr Lowe, 25 November 1846
- Pages of related documents: 11
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Repository: Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri
- Records of the Circuit Court
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