20484203https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20484203District of ColumbiaWashingtonCounty881842Circuit881842Circuitgranted024National Archives, Washington, D. C.John Lee, petitioning by his next friend Hickey Lee, asserts that he is a free person of color who is illegally confined to jail on the charge of being a runaway slave. Lee claims he was manumitted by the last will and testament of Basil Hutton. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus and safekeeping from the marshal to prevent John Poole, who has claimed Lee as his slave, from removing him beyond the jurisdiction of the court.owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveFPOC sues whiteJails/WorkhousesFreedom seekersFear of enslavementTerm slavery