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
- Bet Boston v. John Francis Mercer (May 1, 1800)
- Jacob v. Stephen Cooke (August 8, 1800)
- Ann Queen v. Sylvester Boarman (May 26, 1801)
- David Queen v. Sylvester Boarman (May 26, 1801)
- Sylvia v. George Coryell (July 1, 1801)
- Dinah v. Sarah Redman (July 16, 1801)
- Rose, Harry, & Joe v. James Kennedy Jr. (July 21, 1802)
- Charles Mahoney v. John Ashton (October 29, 1802)
- Amie v. Hanson Reno (July 6, 1803)
- Bazil Thomas v. James Kennedy Jr. (November 1, 1804)
- Charles v. Henry Nicholson (June 29, 1805)
- Ex parte Anthony (April 30, 1806)
- William Foster v. William Simmons (June 1, 1806)
- Moses Burr v. Patrick Dunnahoo (January 20, 1807)
- Amey v. Joseph Thomas (April 1, 1807)
- Fidelio Winters v. Alice Dermott (June 19, 1807)
- Lucy Dickson v. Charles Slade (July 15, 1807)
- James v. James Campbell (February 17, 1808)
- Milly v. Matthew Eakin (February 18, 1808)
- Loudon v. Charles Scott (April 2, 1808)
- Reubin Reason v. John Bridges (April 12, 1808)
- Harry Davis v. John Baltzer (June 24, 1808)
- Michael Shorter v. George Fenwick (July 1, 1808)
- Sally Shorter v. Thomas Corcoran (July 1, 1808)
- Jerry Brown v. Mary Young (July 2, 1808)
- Thomas Brown v. Nicholas Young (July 2, 1808)
- Fanny Smith v. Joseph Thornton (July 13, 1808)
- Becky Joice v. William Jenkins (July 21, 1808)
- Henny Joyce, Sarah Joyce, & Henny Joyce v. Thomas Conner (July 22, 1808)
- Philis Butler v. Augustin Saira (July 25, 1808)
- William Killegrew v. Daniel Carroll (January 6, 1809)
- Susan Joyce, Michael Joyce, Louisa Joyce, Rachael, Peter, Ann, Eliza, Charity, Polly, John, Bennett, & Frank v. Daniel Carroll (January 6, 1809)
- Lewis v. Mary Lowry (January 6, 1809)
- Nan, Eliza, Juda, & Stephen v. Daniel Moxley, Elizabeth Crow, Edward Edelin, & Harriet Beans (January 16, 1809)
- Sarah Oakley, John Oakley, Mary Ann Oakley, Eliza Oakley, & Thomas Oakley v. Mary Ann Fenwick (January 20, 1809)
- Catherine Killigrew, Christopher Killigrew, Anny Killigrew, & Louisa Killigrew v. Mary Ann Fenwick (January 20, 1809)
- Kitty Shorter & William Shorter v. Daniel Rapine (January 20, 1809)
- Clem Joice v. Robert Alexander (January 27, 1809)
- Henrietta, Henry, & Stephen v. Gilbert Docker (February 8, 1809)
- Sarah Davis v. James Clerklee (April 15, 1809)
- Elizabeth Bentley, Daniel Bentley, William Bentley, Susanna Bentley, Dennis Bentley, Johnson Bentley, Lee Bentley, Nelson Bentley, Nancy Bentley, Rebecca Bentley, Anne Bentley, & Eleanor Bentley v. Thomas Keen (June 8, 1809)
- Davy Davis v. James Cassin (June 17, 1809)
- James Thomas v. Thomas Beatty Jr. (August 21, 1809)
- Jane Slaughter v. George Cruse & Solomon Sparrow (August 21, 1809)
- James Currill v. Archibald McMullin (October 16, 1809)
- Lucy, John, Julia, Eliza, Emily, & Jane v. Stephen Cooke (November 29, 1809)
- Peter Thomas v. Creedy Hamilton (December 14, 1809)
- Hester Queen v. James Nevitt & Richard Nally (January 8, 1810)
- Alexis Queen v. John Davis (January 10, 1810)
- Peter Thomas v. Christiana Hamilton (January 25, 1810)