{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11682803","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11682803","state":"Virginia","county":"Accomack","location_type":"County","file_day":23,"file_month":12,"file_year":1828,"filing_court":"Legislative","end_day":19,"end_month":1,"end_year":1829,"ending_court":"Legislative","result":"bill drawn","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia","abstract":"The petitioner Littleton P. Henderson informs the court that in 1826 he purchased at auction of the Overseers of the Poor a free man of color named Jim Outten, who had been re-enslaved for failing to leave the state within the time prescribed by law.  He paid fifty dollars.  Shortly thereafter, Jim Outten filed a suit to recover his freedom and won.  Henderson then presented a petition to the General Assembly, following which he learned that he had been accused of being a speculator in slaves.  Littleton vigorously denies such accusation and reiterates his claim that he is entitled to reimbursement of his fifty dollars.","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"State residency issues (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Sues to recover freedom (FPOC)"}]}]}