{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20979204","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20979204","state":"Maryland","county":"Anne Arundel","location_type":"County","file_day":12,"file_month":5,"file_year":1792,"filing_court":"General","end_day":14,"end_month":10,"end_year":1794,"ending_court":"General","result":"dismissed","enslaved_count":7,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":13,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"Thomas Carver, also known as Thomas Sampson, sues for his freedom from Samuel Lloyd Chew.  Carver argues that he is entitled to his freedom because he is descended \"in the female line from a free Indian woman.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Skills (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Overseers"},{"subject":"Native Americans"},{"subject":"Interracial relationships"}]}]}