{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20485109","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20485109","state":"District of Columbia","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_day":14,"file_month":6,"file_year":1851,"filing_court":"Circuit","end_day":16,"end_month":6,"end_year":1851,"ending_court":"Circuit","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":3,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"National Archives, Washington, D. C.","abstract":"Rachel Brooks, a free person of color, is the mother of two children, Rachel Ann and Isaiah, recently emancipated by the will of Benjamin Coghill.  Robert M. T. Hunter has been acting as trustee for her children.  However, he is unable to continue his duties since the Brooks family has moved to the District of Columbia.  Brooks asks the court to discharge Hunter as trustee and to appoint Dr. Alexander Garnett in his place.","subjects":[{"subject":"Education and literacy (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Bequest (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Property owners (women)"}]}]}