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Reel 8 Missouri
0074 (Accession # 21184906). St. Louis County, Missouri. Ellen Duty, a slave emancipated by
the will of the late Milton Duty, represents that John F. Darby, administrator of said estate,
illegally holds her in slavery. Citing that she is “a poor person wholly without property,” Ellen
“prays for leave to sue as a poor person for her freedom.” She also asks that “she may have
reasonable liberty to attend her counsel and the court” and “that she be not removed out of the
jurisdiction of the Court on account of this her application for her freedom.”
0085 (Accession # 21184907). St. Louis County, Missouri. Preston Duty, a slave emancipated
by the will of the late Milton Duty, represents that John F. Darby, administrator of said estate,
illegally holds him in slavery. Citing that he is “wholly without property,” Preston prays for “leave
to sue as a poor person, for his freedom.” He also asks that “he may have reasonable liberty to
attend his counsel and the court” and “that he be not removed out of the jurisdiction of the court
nor subjected to any severity on account of this application for his freedom.”
0096 (Accession # 21184908). St. Louis County, Missouri. Mary Duty, a slave emancipated by
the will of the late Milton Duty, represents that John F. Darby, administrator of said estate,
illegally holds her in slavery. Citing that she is “a poor person, wholly without property,” Mary
prays for “leave to sue as a poor person for her freedom.” She also asks that “she may have
reasonable liberty to attend her counsel and the court” and “that she be not removed out of the
jurisdiction of the court, nor subjected to any severity on account her application for freedom.”
0108 (Accession # 21184909). St. Louis County, Missouri. Lucina Duty, a slave emancipated by
the will of the late Milton Duty, represents that John F. Darby, administrator of said estate,
illegally holds her in slavery. Citing that she is “a poor person, wholly without property,” Lucina
prays for “leave to sue as a poor person, for her freedom.” She also asks that “she may have
reasonable liberty to attend her counsel and the court” and “that she be not removed out of the
jurisdiction of the court nor subjected to any severity on account of this her application for her
freedom.”
0115 (Accession # 21184910). St. Louis County, Missouri. Caroline Duty, a slave emancipated
by the will of the late Milton Duty, represents that John F. Darby, administrator of said estate,
illegally holds her in slavery. Caroline prays for “leave to sue as a poor person for her freedom.”
She also asks that “she may have reasonable liberty to attend her counsel and the court” and
“that she be not removed out of the jurisdiction of the Court nor subject to any severity on
account of this her application for her freedom.”
0127 (Accession # 21184911). St. Louis County, Missouri. Harry Duty, a slave emancipated by
the will of the late Milton Duty, represents that John F. Darby, administrator of said estate,
illegally holds him in slavery. Citing that he is “a poor person wholly without property,” Harry
prays “for leave to sue as a poor person for his freedom.” He also asks that “he may have
reasonable liberty to attend his counsel and the court” and “that he be not removed out of the
jurisdiction of the court nor subjected to any severity on account of this application for his
freedom.”
0139 (Accession # 21184912). St. Louis County, Missouri. Jordan Duty, a slave emancipated by
the will of the late Milton Duty, represents that John F. Darby, administrator of said estate,
illegally holds him in slavery. Citing that he is “a poor person, wholly without property,” Jordan
prays “leave to sue as a poor person, for his freedom.” He also asks that “he may have
reasonable liberty to attend his counsel and the court” and “that he be not removed out of the
jurisdiction of the court, nor subjected to any severity on account of his application for freedom.”
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