An exhaustive, searchable website with original court records on 300 legal petitions for freedom by people of color, originally filed in St. Louis courts between 1814 and 1860.

Concepts

civil rights, slavery, african americans, dred scott

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Additional Tags

black history, court records, josephine lacourse, missouri state archives: freedom suits case files, 1814-1860, st. louis circuit court, winny v. phebe whitesides

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)