Petition #20483301

• Washington County, District of Columbia. November 13, 1833. - November 13, 1833.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Hon. Wm Cranch, Chief Justice of the Circuit and District Courts District of Columbia

Abstract

William Ellison seeks a writ of habeas corpus for "William Thomas John Thomas alias Wm Brown John Brown," who has been imprisoned as a runaway slave. The petitioner claims that said Thomas/Brown is the son of a white woman and thus is free.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Subpoena, William Thomas [alias William Brown], 13 November 1833; Affidavits, William Thomas and Benjamin Lane, 13 November 1833; Confinement Notification, Robert Clarke, 17 October 1833; Affidavit, Robert Kelley, 11 November 1833
• Pages of related documents: 6

6 people are documented within petition 20483301

• 3 Free persons of color
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.

• Records of the United States District Court, Segregated Habeas Corpus Papers
• Record group: 21
• Folder: 28

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Testimony (FPOC)
• Freedom seekers
• Interracial relationships