Delilah v. George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams. Complaint Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Steph N. Camerone Kaci L. Nash Laura K. Weakly University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Maryland National Endowment for the Humanities 2016 O Say Can You See University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 Complaint Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia Local Government Records Collection, Arlington County Court Records Arlington County (Va.) Judgments (Freedom Suits), 1795-1858, Box 2 Case Papers Complaint Civil Petition for Freedom April 1832 Lynn, Adam Alexandria County (Va.) Delilah George James John William Juliann Spencer Thornton Jacobs, George Williams, Augustine B. Mason, Thomson Francis, 1785-1838 United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Alexandria (Washington, D.C.) added xml:ids reviewed transcribed, encoded

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Delilah, Juliann, Thornton, George, James & John William and Spencer complain of George Jacobs and Augustine B Williams in custody &c of a plea of trespass, for this to wit, that the said defendants on the     day of April 1832 at the County aforesaid with force and arms made an assault upon the said plaintiffs and them the said plaintiffs then & there did seize and imprison and unjustly deprive of their liberty for a long time to wit from the said     day of April till third day of May. And other wrongs & injuries then & there did against the peace of the United States and to the damage of the plaintiffs of one thousand dollars, & therefore they bring suit &c.

T F Mason for plts.

Negroes Delilah Julia Ann & others vs Geo Jacobs Augustine B Williams

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We of the jury find for the plaintiffs and assess their damages to one cent. Adam Lynn foreman