petitionAnalysisNumber,state,county,locationType,fileDateCirca,fileDay,fileMonth,fileYear,fileCourt,endDateCirca,endDay,endMonth,endYear,endCourt,result,enslavedCount,fpocCount,totalPeopleCount,repository,subject,petitionUrl 21185902,Missouri,St. Louis,County,,18,10,1859,Circuit,,7,5,1863,Supreme,petition granted; supplemental petition filed; granted; appealed; affirmed,3,1,7,Missouri State Archives Jefferson City Missouri,Purchased own family (FPOC)|owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave|Sues for freedom (enslaved)|Property owners (Black)|Education and literacy (FPOC)|Occupation (FPOC)|Passing as white|Interracial socializing |Interracial relationships|Purchased for emancipation |Frees own family (FPOC)|Manumission,https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21185902