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Matilda v. Henry G. Mitchell and Henry C. Russell. Cover

Petition Date

July 31, 1832

Earliest Record Date

July 31, 1832

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis, Missouri

People

  • Matilda (Petitioner)
  • Mitchell, Henry G. (Defendant)
  • Russell, Henry C. (Defendant)
  • Strother, George A. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Foreman, Stephen W. (Attorney defendant)
 

Box 150 Folder

St. Louis Circuit Court

Case Files

July Term 1832 No. 55

Matilda, A Woman of Color

vs.

Henry G. Mitchell & Henry C. Russell

Assault & Battery; False imprisonment

Freedom Suit

Plaintiff sued defendants for imprisonment sought $500 damages. Writ of Habeas Corpus included; plaintiff held in Jefferson County for safekeeping. Defendant Mitchell not initially found.

See also July Term 1832, Nos. 47, 48, 48B, 56, & 57.

Plaintiff's attorney: Strother, George A.

v.

Defendants' attorney: Foreman, Stephen W

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Matilda v. Henry G. Mitchell and Henry C. Russell. Cover.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed December 4, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0019.001

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