{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20784206","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20784206","state":"Kentucky","county":"Jefferson","location_type":"County","file_day":29,"file_month":3,"file_year":1842,"filing_court":"Chancery","end_day":18,"end_month":7,"end_year":1843,"ending_court":"Chancery","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky","abstract":"Dennis, a man of color, states that in 1830, William Isom, his master, and perhaps his father, granted him his freedom, effective 1 January 1842, but allowed him to live virtually free up until that time.  Spilman Hord, a relative of Isom, seized Dennis and denied him his freedom when 1 January 1842 arrived.  He then sold Dennis to Evans Beard, where he has remained since.  Dennis now petitions the court to secure his freedom.","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Virtually free (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Drunkenness"},{"subject":"Theft of enslaved"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Fear of enslavement"},{"subject":"Term slavery"}]}]}