Petition #20484402

• Washington County, District of Columbia. cicra 1844. - circa 1844.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Judges of the Circuit Court of the Dist. Col: now sitting in & for Washington County

Abstract

Horace Gales, a free man of color, asserts that he is being illegally held in bondage as an apprentice by Peter Hewitt. He complains that Hewitt "falsely gives out that your petitioner is bound to him as an apprentice, for a term yet unexpired, and refuses to discharge your petitioner from his service." Gales seeks a writ of habeas corpus and to be released from Hewitt.

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, ca. 1844
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20484402

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Defendant
• 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

• FPOC sues white
• Jails/Workhouses
• Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)