Petition #20784010

• Fayette County, Kentucky. June 2, 1840. - circa 0 .
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court in Chancery sitting

Abstract

Phoebe Gillis, a woman of color, states "that she is a free woman and has for a long time been most unjustly held in bondage." Asserting that "she was born free," Gillis claims that Esther Morrison and Henry Clay have deprived her of her freedom. Noting that "she is poor and unable to pay the expenses of a suit," Phoebe asks that she "may have proper answers, subpoenas" and that she be provided "such full and perfect relief" to which she is entitled.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20784008, #20784009; Depositions, Jane Rankin, 24 November 1840, 26 April 1842; Answers, Henry Clay and Esther Morrison, 20 July 1842; Agreement, 5 December 1843; Sheriff's Report, 18 October 1845
• Pages of related documents: 19

11 people are documented within petition 20784010

• 1 Free person of color
• 3 Enslaved
• 2 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner
• 5 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky

• Records of the Circuit Court, Case Files

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale (enslaved children)
• Westward migration
• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Interracial relationships
• Kidnapping (FPOC)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Swapping (enslaved)