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Series -
Freedom Suits
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Year - 1842 |
Term of Court - Nov |
Case Number - 125 |
Plaintiff - Pierre, a mulatto |
Defendant - Chouteau, Gabriel |
Action - Trespass, false imprisonment & suit for freedom |
Verdict - Freedom Suit - Defendant won. Plaintiff not freed. Decision may have been reversed on appeal. |
Office - St Louis City Circuit Court Clerk |
Court of Record - |
Case Type - Civil |
Territory - |
District - |
Action Notes - |
General Notes - Mother ( Rose) from Montreal, removed to Illinois by John Stork; sold with 2 children to Andrew Todd then to Pierre Didier of St. Louis then to Auguste Chouteau; claimed mother was born free in "British Province in which slavery is not tolerated." |
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