Petition #20483515

• Washington County, District of Columbia. April 10, 1835. - April 10, 1835.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Hon The Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, For Washington County,

Abstract

Jesse Harris asserts that he is a free person of color who is illegally imprisoned as a runaway slave. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Affidavits, Joseph Conrad, James Delley, 9 April 1835; Order, 10 April 1835; Marshal's Return, ca. 1835; Order, 9 April 1835
• Pages of related documents: 5

1 people are documented within petition 20483515

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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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
• Folder: 28

Subjects

• Freedom papers
• Jails/Workhouses
• Freedom seekers