Mima and her five children ask permission to sue in forma pauperis for their freedom. Mima contends that she is the great great granddaughter of "a native American Indian named Judith." She further points out that other relatives "and their posterity, by the Judgments of the said courts are now enjoying their freedom." Mima charges that she and her children "are held as slaves by Elizabeth Manson Hardaway an infant at this time residing in the State of Tennessee and is hired out during the present year to doctor Peter M Hardaway" by Elizabeth's guardian. The petitioners pray "that your honor may decree them to be free persons and to enjoy the benefit of freedom." Depositions reveal that Mima's great grandmother was "the property of Benjamin Tucker" and that her mother Mason "belonged to Joel Hardaway." It should also be noted that related documents from 1814 list Mima's children as being "Siller, Maria, Joe, Synthia, and Harriet." In the 1811 petition the children are listed as "Sylla, Maria, Joe, Cynthia and Alfred."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
