Petition #20485401

• Washington County, District of Columbia. October 25, 1854. - October 25, 1854.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To The Honorable Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia

Abstract

Amy Gaskins, of Fairfax County, Virginia, states that Thomas Hughes, of Washington City, paid the jail fees for her daughter, Maria Gaskins, a free person of color under the age of eighteen. Gaskins asserts that Hughes has kept her daughter in his custody "much longer than was necessary to remunerate himself for the amount of fees which he paid," and he still retains her. Gaskins seeks a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of her daughter.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Writ of Habeas Corpus, Thomas Hughes, 25 October 1854; Indenture, Amy Gaskins, 23 October 1854
• Pages of related documents: 3

3 people are documented within petition 20485401

• 2 Free persons 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

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