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Michael and Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russell. Cover

Petition Date

July 31, 1832

Earliest Record Date

July 31, 1832

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis, Missouri

People

  • Michael (Petitioner)
  • Clark, William (Petitioner)
  • Anson (Petitioner)
  • Mitchell, Henry C. Elijah (Defendant)
  • Russell, Henry (Defendant)
  • Strother, George F. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Foreman, Stephen W (Attorney defendant)
  • Carr, William C. (Judge)
 

Box 150 Folder

St. Louis Circuit Court

Case Files

July Term 1832 No. 48

Michael, a Boy of Color

vs.

Elijah Mitchell

Assault & Battery; False Imprisonment

Freedom Suit

Plaintiff, & his brother Anson, allowed to by next friend William Clark, because their mother, Matilda, was free. Born in Illinois & taken to Missouri forcibly by defendant & Russell; writ of Habeas Corpus & kidnapping charge included. Sought $500 damages.

See also July Term 1832, Nos 47 & 48B

Plaintiff's attorney: Strother, George F

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Michael and Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russell. Cover.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0020.010

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