{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20981505","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20981505","state":"Maryland","county":"Queen Anne's","location_type":"County","file_day":1,"file_month":5,"file_year":1815,"filing_court":"County","result":"granted; appealed; reversed; affirmed","enslaved_count":4,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":9,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"Henny Hemsley and her children state they are unjustly held in slavery by George Walls, who is currently in Maryland, but who is a resident of Kentucky.  The petitioners claim they are entitled to their freedom because they are \"descended on the female line from a free woman named Susan.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Ships"},{"subject":"Occupation (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Interracial relationships"},{"subject":"Kidnapping (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Veterans"}]}]}