{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20784807","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20784807","state":"Kentucky","county":"Jefferson","location_type":"County","file_day":28,"file_month":8,"file_year":1848,"filing_court":"Circuit","enslaved_count":2,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":7,"repository":"Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky","abstract":"George, a man of color, charges that Joseph A. Kean fraudulently sold him to Thomas Powell as a slave for life.  George attests that he is entitled to his freedom \"at the end of seven years.\"  The petitioner seeks \"to prosecute his suit 'in forma pauperis' & without cost.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Freedom seekers"},{"subject":"Warranty (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Slave trade (Atlantic)"},{"subject":"Fear of enslavement"},{"subject":"Term slavery"}]}]}