{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20985635","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20985635","state":"Maryland","county":"Baltimore","location_type":"City","file_day":2,"file_month":12,"file_year":1856,"filing_court":"Orphans","end_day":27,"end_month":12,"end_year":1856,"ending_court":"Orphans","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"In October 1849, the Trustees of the Poor of Baltimore City and County bound Augusta Sprigg, a free person of color, as an indentured apprentice to Joseph Merryman.  Sprigg's indenture was sold twice more, lastly to James Wilson.  Although \"kindly treated, well fed, lodged & clothed,\" Sprigg ran away, causing Wilson \"heavy expense\" in arresting her.  She is currently confined in the Baltimore City jail as a runaway.  Wilson petitions the court to extend Sprigg's indenture and to allow him to sell it to any person within the state.","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Apprenticeship\/Indenture (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Charitable organizations"},{"subject":"Freedom seekers"}]}]}