{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20484003","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20484003","state":"District of Columbia","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_day":29,"file_month":6,"file_year":1840,"filing_court":"Circuit","end_day":29,"end_month":6,"end_year":1840,"ending_court":"Circuit","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":2,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"National Archives, Washington, D. C.","abstract":"Charles Magruder, petitioning by his father and next friend John Magruder, asserts that he is a free person of color unlawfully held in custody by Samuel Suit and David Stauton for the purpose of selling him beyond the jurisdiction of the court.  He seeks a writ of habeas corpus.","subjects":[{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Slave trade (domestic)"},{"subject":"Fear of enslavement"}]}]}