{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20483806","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20483806","state":"District of Columbia","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_day":1,"file_month":6,"file_year":1838,"filing_court":"Circuit","end_day":1,"end_month":6,"end_year":1838,"ending_court":"Circuit","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"National Archives, Washington, D. C.","abstract":"Moses Graham has a petition for his freedom pending in the courts.  He is now confined to jail and seeks an injunction preventing his master, Dr. Richard Alexander, from removing him beyond the jurisdiction of the court.","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Virtually free (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"}]}]}