Robert Trunnell v. Hope H. Slatter. Petition for Freedom
To the hon. the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the County of Washington.
The petition of Robert Trunnel, a free person of colour, shews to your honors that he is now imprisoned in the jail of this county, as the slave of Hope H Slatter Your petitioner avers that he is free and not the slave of the said Hope H Slatter nor of any one else.
Your petitioner therefor prefers[?] to your honors this his petition of freedom against the claim of the said and prays that he may be ordered to be [illegible], and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray &c.
Jas. Hoban for Petitioner
Jany 3. 1842
55. 111. 45. 93.
Robert Trunnel
vs
Hope H. Slatter
Petition of freedom.
Jany 3, 1842
Filed 3 Jany 1842
