20785309https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20785309KentuckyPikeCounty2331853County3061854Appellategranted; appealed; dismissed017Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KentuckyOn 23 March 1853, "Yellow Sam a free negroe of Colour" charged that he was unlawfully seized and taken into custody by William and James Weddington and others. Sam asserts "that he is a free man being manumitted by his deceased master James Sloan." Sam asks the court "to grant him a writ of habeas corpus" and to release him from the defendants' custody.owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveFreedom papersFPOC sues white