The sons of Robert Mclin seek to redeem or repurchase two slave girls, whom Robert had mortgaged in 1833. The petitioners avow that their father owned "two likely negro Girls, slaves for life, named Clarissa & Minerva, the first at that time, aged about thirteen Years & the other about Eleven Years." They further reveal that he mortgaged said slaves to James Bone by executing "a bill of sale, absolute on its face, for said negroes," which "was understood & intended by both parties to be a mortgage." Noting that "it was a favorite Object with their father & his family not to part with said negroes by an absolute transfer or sale," the Mclins claim that they have offered Bone various amounts of money "for the purpose of redeeming or repurchasing said negroes." They insist "that their object in filing this bill is not to get the value of said negroes after paying the ballance due for their redemption or repurchase but to get the negroes themselves." The Mclins therefore pray that they "may be at liberty to redeem or to repurchase said negroes" upon the repayment of amounts due the defendant and that he "be compelled to reconvey & give up said negroes to Your Orators."
Result: Granted; appealed.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
