20482002https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20482002District of ColumbiaWashingtonCounty31101820Circuit31101820Circuitgranted011National Archives, Washington, D. C.John McKenney, a man of color, states that he was jailed without just cause. He claims that he "had free papers & sufficient evidence of his freedom & never ought to have been put there." He seeks a writ of habeas corpus "to the Jailer directed that he may be brought forthwith before your Honors & released."Freedom papersJails/Workhouses