Petition #20484205

• Washington County, District of Columbia. January 3, 1842. - June 7, 1843.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the hon the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington

Abstract

Robert Trunnel has a petition for freedom pending in the courts. He is currently confined to jail by Hope H. Slatter, who Trunnel believes is a "foreign trader of slaves." Trunnel seeks an injunction preventing Slatter from removing or selling him beyond the jurisdiction of the court.

Result: Dismissed.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20984308, #20984507, #20984508, #20985117; Answer, Hope H. Slatter, ca. 1842; Disavowal of Ownership, Hope H. Slatter, 12 April 1842; Affidavit, William Brent, 3 January, 1842; Answer, Robert Trunnel, 3 June 1843; Injunction, Hope Slater and Alexander Hunter, 4 January 1842; Bill of Interpleader, Robert S. Chew, 7 March 1842; Decree, 7 June 1843
• Pages of related documents: 7

4 people are documented within petition 20484205

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.

• Records of the United States Circuit Court, Chancery Dockets and Rule Case Files
• Record group: 21
• Folder: 20

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• Jails/Workhouses
• Assault
• Slave trade (domestic)