John C. Caldwell vs. Richard H. Porter

Civil War

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Title: John C. Caldwell vs. Richard H. Porter
Creator: John C. Caldwell
Samuel D. Lucas
Richard H. Porter
Isaac Hockaday
Clifton R. Barnes
Hovey Buchanan
George W. Anderson
William Botts
John Decker
Bernard M. Lynch
Thomas J. Harper
John D. Fondren
S.R. Fondren
A.B. Dilworth
C.M. Bradford
Henry E. Moore
Henry B. Brant
Alexander Harris
Description: These documents, created between 1855 and 1857, relate to the Jackson County, Missouri court case John C. Caldwell vs. Richard H. Porter. On January 1, 1855, Caldwell purchased a slave named Eliza for $800 from slave dealer Clifton R. Barnes with plans to sell her for a profit in Louisiana. Caldwell later discovered that Eliza was “unsound both in body and mind” and accused Barnes of “fraud and wilfull misrepresentation.” Caldwell took Eliza back to Missouri but Barnes refused to rescind the sales contract.
Date: 1855-1857
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
African Americans
Women
People: John C. Caldwell
Samuel D. Lucas
Richard H. Porter
Isaac Hockaday
Clifton R. Barnes
Hovey Buchanan
George W. Anderson
William Botts
John Decker
Bernard M. Lynch
Thomas J. Harper
John D. Fondren
S.R. Fondren
A.B. Dilworth
C.M. Bradford
Henry E. Moore
Henry B. Brant
Alexander Harris
Geographic Subject: Jackson County, Missouri
Independence, Missouri
Object Type: Legal Document
Owning Organization: Jackson County Records Center
Location: Jackson County Circuit Court, Box 26, Folder 69
Rights: For more information on using this image, contact the Jackson County Records Center at: 1560 W. Geospace Dr., Independence, MO, Phone: (816)257-5867, E-mail: Greg.Paskiewicz@courts.mo.gov Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the Jackson County Records Center. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Jackson County Records Center.