All Cases
Below is an index of the Petition for Freedom cases tried before the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia between 1808 and 1859.
683 cases
- Abigail Butler v. Henrietta Plowden (May 1, 1792)
- Abraham Boston v. Edward Dorsey (May 1, 1793)
- Abraham Butler v. Elizabeth Ridgate (May 1, 1792)
- Abraham Shorter v. Mary Anne Boarman (May 1, 1792)
- Abraham Smith v. John Lyons (December 25, 1828)
- Adam Bailey v. Philip Contee (December 31, 1816)
- Adam Bayley v. John Lee (July 1, 1835)
- Adam Craig v. Mary Butler (November 19, 1787)
- Adam Wigle v. Thomas Grimes (June 7, 1831)
- Adam v. Andrew F. Leverton (September 8, 1789)
- Adeline Johnson v. Chloe Clarke (June 25, 1842)
- Agnes Butler v. Rachel Boarman (May 1, 1792)
- Agnes Butler v. Robert Lawson (October 1, 1791)
- Alexander Brent v. Ariss Buckner & Bernard H. Buckner (June 10, 1835)
- Alexis Queen v. John Davis (January 10, 1810)
- Alfred Meekins v. Lucy Croghn (April 19, 1834)
- Allen Seymour v. Nathan Seymour (December 23, 1853)
- Amelia Marshal v. John Gant & William Henry Gant (June 10, 1833)
- Amelia Ward v. Elias B. Caldwell (December 16, 1823)
- Amey Overton v. Collimore Pope, Fielder Pope, & Nelly Jenkins (August 27, 1810)
- Amey v. Joseph Thomas (April 1, 1807)
- Amie v. Hanson Reno (July 6, 1803)
- Amy Gray v. Henry Howison (May 2, 1835)
- Andrew Jones v. Joshua Pearce (November 1, 1854)
- Ann Bell, Daniel Bell, & David Bell v. Gerard T. Greenfield (April 18, 1840)
- Ann Brooks v. William D. Nutt (October 1, 1834)
- Ann Davis, David Davis, Sarah Davis, Frederick Davis, & Hanson Davis v. Charles Minifee (June 28, 1811)
- Ann Gordon v. Milly Richards, William H. Richards, Berton Richards, Nancy Richards, Jane Osborn, Margaret Harrison & Mildred Harrison (February 20, 1861)
- Ann Kane v. Thomas Ogden (February 19, 1861)
- Ann Queen v. Sylvester Boarman (May 26, 1801)
- Ann Williams, Ann Maria Williams, Tobias Williams, & John Williams v. George Miller & George Miller Jr. (July 19, 1832)
- Anna Butler, Moses Butler, Frank Butler v. John DeButts (May 1, 1792)
- Anne Blue v. John W. Williams, Mary S. Williams, & William S. Colquhoun (May 3, 1845)
- Anne Boston v. John Francis Mercer (October 1, 1795)
- Anne Butler v. John Keech (May 1, 1800)
- Anne Butler v. John Lucas (May 1, 1793)
- Anne Butler v. Mary Shervin (May 1, 1791)
- Anne v. Elisha Williams. Summons of Elisha W. Williams (April 20, 1811)
- Anthony Booth v. Benjamin Owens (October 1, 1792)
- Anthony Boston v. Gassaway Rawlings (May 1, 1793)
- Anthony Butler v. Mary Shervin (May 1, 1791)
- Arnold v. George N. Thomas (June 26, 1810)
- Augustus Butler v. William Thomas (October 1, 1791)
- Austin Tripplet v. Henry Lloyd (January 13, 1847)
- Bacchus Bell & Joseph Williams v. Alexander McCormick (March 1, 1838)
- Bacon Boston v. Charles Wallace (May 1, 1793)
- Baptiste Shorter v. John Smith (October 1, 1795)
- Barney Montgomery v. John R. Bronaugh (June 2, 1843)
- Basil Shorter v. Charles Carroll (May 1, 1795)
- Basil Shorter v. Henry Rozer (October 1, 1794)
