St Louis Circuit Court
Case Files
July Term 1836 No. 141
A#6 783/Leaves
Julia- alias Mary Ann, infant of color
vs:
Robert Duncan & Sally Adams
Habeas Corpus
Freedom Suit
See original Freedom Suit, Mary Ann, also known as Julia, vs. Robt. Duncan, Nov. 1834, No. 46
Note: Phillis, free woman of color, on behalf of her daughter, Julia alias Mary Ann, sues for Julia's freedom[?] Julia held by Robert Duncan and woman, Sally Adams, who lived with him as his wife. Julia sold to th [] infant by John L. Sutton; child was sickly and no one could be found to take her off the hands of Duncan & [] who kept her and cared for her with great expense. Duncan & Adams claim the care for her under [] restraint and Julia does not wish "To go with the person calling herself her mother"; case discharged.
