<petition><petition_analysis_number>20681825</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20681825</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Twiggs</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>4</file_day><file_month>8</file_month><file_year>1818</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_date_circa>y</end_date_circa><end_day>0</end_day><end_month>0</end_month><end_year>1818</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, New York</repository><abstract>Jose Gelar states that he is a "native of the Island of Cuba belonging to the Dominion of his Catholic Majesty the King of Spain, and by birth a freeman."  Gelar contends that he was taken by "persons claiming to be citizens of the United States" and now he is "deprived of his Liberty" and held as a slave.  He asks for a writ of Habeas Corpus.</abstract><subjects><subject>Caribbean Islands, migration from/to</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject></subjects></petition>