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
- Tamar Boston v. Benjamin Ogle (May 1, 1793)
- Sarah Butler v. Henry Carrico (May 1, 1793)
- Nase Butler v. Ignatius Gardiner (May 1, 1793)
- Thomas Boston v. Benjamin Ogle (May 1, 1793)
- Clement Butler v. Henry Spalding (May 1, 1793)
- Daniel Boston v. Henry Hall (May 1, 1793)
- Samuel Butler v. Josias Hancock (May 1, 1793)
- Henry Boston v. Benjamin Ogle (May 1, 1793)
- Leonard Boston v. Samuel Tyler (May 1, 1793)
- Jacob Boston v. Benjamin Ogle (May 1, 1793)
- Abraham Boston v. Edward Dorsey (May 1, 1793)
- Richard Booth v. David Weems (June 30, 1794)
- Joseph v. James Birckhead (September 10, 1794)
- John and James v. Edward Harris (September 13, 1794)
- Basil Shorter v. Henry Rozer (October 1, 1794)
- William Butler v. Joseph Neale (October 1, 1794)
- Robert Thomas v. Henry Pile (October 31, 1794)
- Peter Shorter v. Henry Rozer (April 1, 1795)
- Charity Shorter v. Ignatius Matthews (May 1, 1795)
- Teresa Shorter v. Anne Chunn (May 1, 1795)
- Mary Shorter v. Ignatius Matthews (May 1, 1795)
- William Shorter v. William Tyer (May 1, 1795)
- Henrietta Shorter v. Henry Barnes (May 1, 1795)
- Charles Shorter v. John Digges & Francis Digges (May 1, 1795)
- Basil Shorter v. Charles Carroll (May 1, 1795)
- Gerard Shorter v. Mary Boarman (October 1, 1795)
- Ignatius Humphrey v. John Lambeth (October 1, 1795)
- Fanny Boston v. John Francis Mercer (October 1, 1795)
- Henny Boston v. John Francis Mercer (October 1, 1795)
- Ignatius Shorter v. John Fenwick (October 1, 1795)
- Patty Shorter, Clement Shorter, Charles Shorter, Ned Shorter, Bett Shorter, Joseph Shorter, & James Shorter v. Thomas Stone (October 1, 1795)
- John Boston v. Richard Richardson (October 1, 1795)
- Richard Boston v. Joshua Warfield (October 1, 1795)
- Priscilla Shorter & Charity Shorter v. John Smith (October 1, 1795)
- Baptiste Shorter v. John Smith (October 1, 1795)
- John Boston v. John Francis Mercer (October 1, 1795)
- Anne Boston v. John Francis Mercer (October 1, 1795)
- Leonard Shorter v. Richard Edelen (October 1, 1795)
- James Shorter v. Eleanor Bradford (October 1, 1795)
- Jenny Boston v. John Francis Mercer (October 1, 1795)
- Guy Boston v. Richard Richardson (October 1, 1795)
- Hannah, Mary, Anne, Hannah, Daniel, Silla, & Peggy Hawkins v. Sarah Disney (October 1, 1795)
- Deborah Boston v. Richard Richardson (October 1, 1795)
- Maria Boston v. Richard Sprigg (October 1, 1795)
- Lucy Shorter, Charles Shorter, Will Shorter, Gerrard Shorter, Abby Shorter, & Henny Shorter v. Henry Neale (October 1, 1795)
- Philip Boston v. Richard Sprigg (October 1, 1795)
- George Humphrey v. Benjamin Cawood (October 1, 1795)
- Henry Humphrey v. James Smallwoood (October 1, 1795)
- George Boston v. James Murray (October 1, 1795)
- Monica Shorter v. Edward Hazle (October 1, 1795)