Case Summary

Dolly petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to secure her release from John Young, which was granted. Dolly accused John of assaulting and kidnapping her in St. Louis and then removing her to the Northwest Territory where he enslaved her for six months. Young pleaded not guilty and paid a recognizance agreeing that he would not remove Dolly from the court's jurisdiction. Her fate is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Interpersonal

Petition subtype(s)

• Wrongful enslavement
• Kidnapping

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Remained in custody

Case Citation

St. Louis Circuit Court, Case Files, Box 117, Folder ?: July Term 1828, No. 7

Source material(s)

Case File

Case document transcriptions

• hc.case.mo.0017.001
• hc.case.mo.0017.002
• hc.case.mo.0017.003
• hc.case.mo.0017.004
• hc.case.mo.0017.005
• hc.case.mo.0017.006
• hc.case.mo.0017.007
• hc.case.mo.0017.008
• hc.case.mo.0017.009
• hc.case.mo.0017.010
• hc.case.mo.0017.011
• hc.case.mo.0017.012
• hc.case.mo.0017.013
• hc.case.mo.0017.014

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

• Missouri State Archives-St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)

State

• Missouri

Tag(s)

• Slavery

People

• , Dolly (bound party)
• Young, John (holding party)
• Young, John (respondent)
• Young, John (responding party)
• Evans, James (petitioner attorney)
• Strother, George French (petitioner attorney)
• McGirk, Isaac C. (respondent attorney)
• Carr, William C. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Gamble, Archibald (clerk)

  Simpson, R. (sheriff)

  Simonds, L. P. (deputy sheriff)

  Skinner, William (witness)

  Hoffman, Herman S. (witness)

  Reynolds, Otis (witness)

  Cohen, Thomas (witness)

  Ferguson Jr., Dougald (surety)