Petition #20483103

• Washington County, District of Columbia. cicra September 27, 1831. - September 27, 1831.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honorable William Cranch chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, County of Washington

Abstract

John Henry Gantt is jailed in Washington County on charges that he planned to help a slave girl named Eliza run away from her owner, Norah Digges of Prince George's County in Maryland. Gantt asserts that he is innocent of the charge and seeks a writ of habeas corpus.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Warrant, John Gantt, 27 September 1831; Writ of Habeas Corpus, 27 September 1831; Order, 28 September 1831
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20483103

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.

• Records of the United States District Court, Segregated Habeas Corpus Papers
• Record group: 21

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Freedom seekers
• Enticing (enslaved)