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
- Sarah v. Elijah Taylor (December 1, 1818)
- Sarah v. George Kirby (April 21, 1838)
- Select Committee to Inquire into the Existence of an Inhuman and Illegal Traffic in Slaves . . . in the District of Columbia (April 29, 1816)
- Simon & Lewis v. Paine's Administrator (November 1, 1830)
- Simon Queen v. John Ashton (April 1, 1796)
- Sinah, Isaac, Letty, Peter, John, & Sarah v. Edwin Harris (November 27, 1817)
- Stafford Paine v. Catherine Thompson & Elizabeth Thompson (February 21, 1861)
- Stephen Ambush v. James G. Robinson (February 19, 1861)
- Stephen Butler v. Charles Carroll (October 1, 1791)
- Stephen Shorter v. John Boarman (October 1, 1795)
- Sucky Queen & daughter v. John Ashton (April 1, 1796)
- Susan Bordley, Rachael Bordley, Charlotte Bordley, Phillis Bordley, & James Bordley v. Anne Tilley (June 26, 1810)
- Susan Course v. Thomas N. Davis (January 20, 1840)
- Susan Davis & Airy Davis v. Caleb Swann (September 29, 1812)
- Susan Diggs v. Jane Cockrell (May 21, 1852)
- Susan Joyce, Michael Joyce, Louisa Joyce, Rachael, Peter, Ann, Eliza, Charity, Polly, John, Bennett, & Frank v. Daniel Carroll (January 6, 1809)
- Susan Overton v. Collimore Pope, Fielder Pope, & Nelly Jenkins (August 27, 1810)
- Susan Smith v. Thomas Johns (August 10, 1824)
- Susan Steward v. Henry L. Holley (January 7, 1858)
- Susan Vigel v. Henry Naylor (December 1, 1860)
- Susan Wilson v. William Addison (February 3, 1838)
- Susan, Kitty, Mary, Maria, & Thomas v. Tench Ringgold & Mary Ringgold (January 25, 1837)
- Susanna Luckett v. Jonathan P. Walkom & Elizabeth Walkom (November 26, 1824)
- Sylvia Lee v. Elizabeth Smallwood (January 23, 1833)
- Sylvia v. George Coryell (July 1, 1801)
- Tamar Boston v. Benjamin Ogle (May 1, 1793)
- Teresa Butler v. Eleanor Bradford (May 1, 1796)
- Teresa Shorter v. Anne Chunn (May 1, 1795)
- Teresa Shorter v. Joseph Boarman (May 1, 1796)
- Theresa Blackwell v. Robert Hall (October 19, 1853)
- Thomas Booth v. John Leveal (October 1, 1792)
- Thomas Boston v. Benjamin Ogle (May 1, 1793)
- Thomas Brown v. Nicholas Young (July 2, 1808)
- Thomas Butler v. Bennett Posey (December 7, 1790)
- Thomas Butler v. Jezreel Penn (May 1, 1792)
- Thomas Butler, Sarah Butler, Matilda Butler, Airy Butler, Reason Butler, Sally Butler, Liddy Butler, & Eliza Butler v. Gabriel Duvall (May 3, 1834)
- Thomas Over & Francis Over v. Venerand Palizzi (June 8, 1840)
- Thomas Queen v. John Ashton (April 1, 1796)
- Tom v. William M. Robertson (April 13, 1793)
- Travers Dixon v. William Herbert (May 17, 1825)
- Trueman Giberson v. John Dulin (April 2, 1846)
- Valentine Jones v. Nathaniel Seavers & George Hagley (January 19, 1843)
- Vincent Gardner v. Thompson Simpson (June 14, 1823)
- Violet, Chloe, & Winifred v. Henry W. Ball (July 8, 1814)
- Virginia Frances Gracon v. Caroline Amanda Jordan (February 20, 1861)
- Wallace Blue v. John W. Williams, Mary S. Williams, & William S. Colquhoun (June 3, 1843)
- Walter Thomas & Dennis Thomas v. Alexander Scott (July 24, 1810)
- William Butler and Mary Butler v. Richard Boarman (September 1, 1770)
- William Butler v. John Keech (May 1, 1800)
- William Butler v. John Laidler (May 1, 1792)
