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