Petition #20882112

Abstract

Winney Smith, a free woman of color, claims that James Robinson has held her "as a slave" for the past four years and required her to pay him $12 each month. Smith maintains that she was emancipated from her former owner, James Riddle, on the 28th of May 1814. She asks the court to discharge her from the services of Robinson, to emancipate her, and to condemn Robinson to pay $800 in damages. She also asks for a refund of the $576 she has paid him over the years. Related documents reveal that Winney had bound herself to service in order to repay a debt, and that her contract of service had been transferred to James Robinson.

Result: Partially granted.

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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

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