{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20483304","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20483304","state":"District of Columbia","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_day":20,"file_month":9,"file_year":1833,"filing_court":"Circuit","end_day":20,"end_month":9,"end_year":1833,"ending_court":"Circuit","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":4,"repository":"National Archives, Washington, D. C.","abstract":"Robert Thomas, a person of color, states that \"he is entitled to his freedom & is unlawfully held in confinement\" in the jail of Washington Robey.  He asks the court to issue a writ of habeas corpus.","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Kidnapping (FPOC)"}]}]}