{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20981115","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20981115","state":"Maryland","county":"Baltimore","location_type":"County","file_month":3,"file_year":1811,"filing_court":"County","end_month":5,"end_year":1815,"ending_court":"Appellate","result":"granted; appealed; judgment reversed","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"Thomas Waddle, a \"Black Man\" and native of Virginia, states that he previously belonged to Samuel Haney of Virginia who imported him into Maryland \"as a slave contrary to the laws of Maryland.\"  Waddle says he is now claimed as a slave by both Haney and Robert Long of Baltimore.  Waddle requests that Haney and Long answer these charges.","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Ships"},{"subject":"Non-plantation\/Non-household work (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Skills (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Freedom seekers"}]}]}