{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11683311","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11683311","state":"Virginia","county":"Princess Ann","location_type":"County","file_day":9,"file_month":12,"file_year":1833,"filing_court":"Legislative","ending_court":"Legislative","result":"committee reports is \"reasonable\"","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia","abstract":"In December 1832, constable Thomas Ward arrested the slave Harry, charging his owner with permitting him \"to go a large and hire himself out.\" Committed to jail, Harry remained incarcerated because his owner, a free mulatto woman, could not pay the fine, nor could he be sold, being \"old & infirm.\"  In May 1833, Harry was released.  Edward Fentress, jail keeper, asks to be reimbursed for his expenses of $43.75.","subjects":[{"subject":"Virtually free (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Enslaver (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Insolvency"}]}]}