{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20784121","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20784121","state":"Kentucky","county":"Barren","location_type":"County","file_day":25,"file_month":3,"file_year":1841,"filing_court":"Circuit","ending_court":"Circuit","enslaved_count":3,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":11,"repository":"Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky","abstract":"Hetty claims to be the great-granddaughter of an American Indian woman from Virginia and therefore asserts that she is free.  While this case is being determined, she asks to be taken into the custody of the sheriff and held or hired out, because she fears that she will be removed from the court's jurisdiction.","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Westward migration"},{"subject":"Native Americans"},{"subject":"Interracial relationships"},{"subject":"Family separated (Black)"}]}]}