{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20484503","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20484503","state":"District of Columbia","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_day":18,"file_month":10,"file_year":1845,"filing_court":"Circuit","end_day":18,"end_month":10,"end_year":1845,"ending_court":"Circuit","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"National Archives, Washington, D. C.","abstract":"Lucy Crawford, a woman of color, states that Martha Scott agreed to allow Crawford to purchase her freedom for $180 over the course of five years.  Crawford states that she has paid Scott $159 and is now able to pay her the remaining $21.  However, Scott has had her arrested and is planning to sell Crawford as a slave for life beyond the jurisdiction of the court.  Crawford asserts that she has a petition for her freedom pending in court and seeks an injunction to prevent Scott from selling her beyond the limits of the District of Columbia.","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Purchase of freedom"},{"subject":"Virtually free (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Freedom seekers"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"}]}]}