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
- Rosanna Brown & Mary Eliza Brown v. Bennett (December 22, 1815)
- Delia, Edmund, Madison, & Stacey v. Thomas Offut (January 6, 1816)
- Sally Henry v. Henry W. Ball (February 1, 1816)
- Chloe Ann Marter & Mary Ann Marter v. Elizabeth Neale (April 24, 1816)
- Select Committee to Inquire into the Existence of an Inhuman and Illegal Traffic in Slaves . . . in the District of Columbia (April 29, 1816)
- Peter Morris v. George Miller (May 17, 1816)
- Peter Morris v. Jonathan Davis & James Kincaid (May 18, 1816)
- William Ethington v. William Crawford (May 20, 1816)
- Jane Williams v. Richard H. Love (May 22, 1816)
- Adam Bailey v. Philip Contee (December 31, 1816)
- William Washington v. Philip Contee (January 27, 1817)
- Milford Foote v. John B. Armistead (March 7, 1817)
- Nelly Jackson v. Thomas Tebbs (April 21, 1817)
- Sinah, Isaac, Letty, Peter, John, & Sarah v. Edwin Harris (November 27, 1817)
- Ex Parte James (December 3, 1817)
- Joe Thompson, Nelly Thompson, & Sarah Anne Thompson v. Walter Clarke (January 1, 1818)
- Mima v. James Kincaid (January 16, 1818)
- Nace v. William T. Swann (January 16, 1818)
- Lotty v. William F. Luckie (April 25, 1818)
- Sarah v. Elijah Taylor (December 1, 1818)
- Winny v. Alexander Moore (December 2, 1818)
- Cyrus Slater v. Enoch Bell (December 5, 1818)
- Samuel Bias v. John Rose (January 5, 1819)
- Billy v. Jonathan Davis & James Kincaid (March 9, 1819)
- William v. George W. Lewis (March 9, 1819)
- Samuel v. James Green (May 1, 1819)
- Rezin Wooden v. James Smith (June 8, 1819)
- Dorcas & Julia v. James Smith (November 27, 1819)
- Lynch Wormly v. Smith Cocke (January 12, 1820)
- Maria v. William Meade (April 1, 1820)
- Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson (November 1, 1820)
- Jack Garretson, Richard Luckett, Richard Johnson, & Rachael Garretson v. Janet Lingan (April 28, 1821)
- Isaac Macol v. William H. S. Boswell (July 16, 1821)
- William v. John Swann (July 16, 1821)
- Leonard Dunbar v. James Ball (October 1, 1821)
- Isaac v. Bennet Jarboe (October 23, 1821)
- Prince Gray v. Catharine Linn (November 6, 1821)
- Isaac v. Alexander Talbott (December 8, 1821)
- Joseph Brown v. Mary Wingard. Court Report (April 1, 1822)
- Chloe, John, Caroline, Henry, & Nancy v. William Marbury (April 29, 1822)
- Daniel v. Ann Kincheloe (May 4, 1822)
- Kitty Shorter, Nancy Shorter, & William Shorter v. Daniel Rapine (August 2, 1822)
- Humphries v. Tench (October 1, 1822)
- Charlotte v. Tobias Watkins (November 4, 1822)
- Leanna & Charlotte v. John Pumphrey (November 4, 1822)
- Prince Gray v. Joel T. Gustine (November 4, 1822)
- Robert Henley v. Samuel Miller (November 5, 1822)
- Charlotte v. Lloyd Pumphrey (November 10, 1822)
- Milly v. Basil Warring (November 13, 1822)
- Dennis Brown v. Christopher Neale (November 13, 1822)