Mary Campbell v. Asa Anderson. Petition for Freedom
To the Honorable Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia sitting at Alexandria.
Your Petitioner Mary Campbell respectfully shews that she was the Slave of one Henderson Magruder at the time of his death, and that the said Henderson by his last will and testament duly executed and since proved and recorded in County in the State of Maryland emancipate your Petitioner
That your Petitioner after the death of the said Henderson was seized as a slave by one Asa Anderson who claimed your Petitioner as a Slave the property of his wife and has since held and now holds her as such
Your Petitioner therefore prays to be allowed to sue in forma pauperis for the recovery of her freedom and that counsel may be assigned to her to state & report her case
Mary Campbell
R. I. Taylor
We of the Jury find for the Defendant.
Anthony Rhodes, foreman
Petition of Mary Campbell
vs
Asa Anderson
