Dolly and her children, Washington, Jefferson, Leo and Caroline, charge that they are unjustly held in slavery. They claim that they were manumitted by the late Thomas Brawner in his will. However, Brawner owed debts that exceeded the amount of his personal estate, and the petitioners are "unjustly claimed & held as a slave" by Samuel Wheeler or Robert Brawner to pay the debt. Dolly seeks an injunction to prevent Wheeler and Brawner from removing her from the District of Columbia before she can voice her claim to freedom.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.
