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
- Lymus Butler v. Henry Hill (May 1, 1792)
- Lynch Wormly v. Smith Cocke (January 12, 1820)
- Manuel Glasgow v. Washington Simmons (August 18, 1845)
- Margaret Joes, Augusta Joes, Clement Joes, & Aria Anna Joes v. Fellow Hewes (January 29, 1810)
- Margaret Lewis, Andrew Lewis, James Lewis, & Margaret Lewis v. Bridget McLaughlin (February 19, 1861)
- Margaret Norah Atkins & Alfred Atkins v. Francis Bowling & Clarissa B. Gardiner (December 24, 1850)
- Margaret Tyler v. Robert Duvall (May 26, 1860)
- Maria Boston v. Benjamin Ogle (May 1, 1793)
- Maria Boston v. Richard Sprigg (October 1, 1795)
- Maria Hughes, Daniel Hughes, Frank Hughes, and Lydia Hughes v. Henry Dickinson (May 6, 1789)
- Maria Kennedy v. Benjamin Buck (February 3, 1838)
- Maria Smith & Martha Ann Smith v. Thomas Burch (September 27, 1843)
- Maria Watts v. Raphael Semmes (September 2, 1845)
- Maria v. William Meade (April 1, 1820)
- Mariah White v. Joseph M. White (December 19, 1829)
- Martha Cross v. Sarah E. Linton (April 26, 1847)
- Mary Ann Bond, John Henry Dorsey, Elizabeth Dorsey, Julia Ann Eglin, Maria Louisa Eglin, Mary Ellana Eglin, & Alice Campbell v. Thomas C. Magruder (May 23, 1854)
- Mary Ann Williams v. Mary Massey (November 21, 1856)
- Mary Anne Butler v. Joshua Turby (May 1, 1798)
- Mary Bell v. Susan Armistead (December 14, 1847)
- Mary Butler v. Rinaldo Johnson (May 1, 1792)
- Mary Butler v. Robert Lawson (October 1, 1791)
- Mary Campbell v. Asa Anderson (November 3, 1838)
- Mary Derrick v. Alexander Moore (March 5, 1824)
- Mary Duckett v. John McCutchen & John H.G. McCutchen (April 10, 1848)
- Mary E. Semmes v. John Marlow (July 17, 1852)
- Mary Foster v. William Richards (August 7, 1849)
- Mary Jackson, Samuel Jackson, & William Jackson v. Benjamin Davis (May 23, 1856)
- Mary Jane Jones v. Peter Hewitt (December 20, 1856)
- Mary Jane Wayne, Joseph C. Wayne, William R. Wayne, Daniel Wayne, & Harriet Wayne v. William C. Greenleaf (April 25, 1849)
- Mary Lucinda Someby v. Samuel E. Douglass (January 17, 1856)
- Mary Prior v. Edward Coles (February 14, 1815)
- Mary Queen & others v. John Ashton (April 1, 1796)
- Mary Shorter v. Ignatius Matthews (May 1, 1795)
- Mary Taylor, Henry Taylor, Emily Taylor, & Ida Taylor v. James M. A. Mushett (June 13, 1855)
- Mary Vigel v. Robert K. Nevitt (November 26, 1858)
- Mary v. Lewin Talburt & Jane Talburt (December 1, 1831)
- Matilda Derrick, Lucy Derrick, Louisa Derrick, & Matilda Derrick v. George Mason & Alexander Moore (May 15, 1827)
- Matilda Gray & William Gray v. Mary Ann Pic (July 8, 1813)
- Matilda Sewall v. Eleanor Thompson (October 7, 1833)
- Matilda Smith v. Thomas Martin (February 16, 1859)
- Melvina Carter & Mary Ellen Carter v. Elizabeth Gordon (December 23, 1852)
- Michael Oakley & Anthony Oakley v. Notley Young (June 26, 1811)
- Michael Shinor v. Ann Howard & William E. Howard (March 26, 1836)
- Michael Shorter v. George Fenwick (July 1, 1808)
- Milford Foote v. John B. Armistead (March 7, 1817)
- Milley Butler v. Robert Sinnett (December 7, 1790)
- Milley v. Thomas Massey (April 18, 1823)
- Milly Ann Robertson & Henrietta Robertson v. Alexander Waugh (May 1, 1835)
- Milly Bowie v. William M. Offutt & Zadock Offutt (February 22, 1826)
