{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20484205","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20484205","state":"District of Columbia","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_day":3,"file_month":1,"file_year":1842,"filing_court":"Circuit","end_day":7,"end_month":6,"end_year":1843,"ending_court":"Circuit","result":"dismissed","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":4,"repository":"National Archives, Washington, D. C.","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.","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"},{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Assault"},{"subject":"Slave trade (domestic)"}]}]}