Lucy Crawford v. Martha A. Scott. Petition for Freedom
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The Petition of Lucy Crawford against Martha A Scott humbly represents to your Honorable Court that she is a woman of Colour and entitled to her freedom and that she is unjustly claimed and held as a slave by the said Martha she therefore prays that she may be discharged from such claim by the judgment of this Honorable Court
J Hellen
To the Judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia & County of Washington sitting as a Court of Common Law
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Lucy Crawford
vs
Martha A Scott
Petition for Freedom
J Hellen for Petitioner
Filed 18th Octo. 1845