{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20981612","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20981612","state":"Maryland","county":"Montgomery","location_type":"County","file_day":1,"file_month":2,"file_year":1816,"filing_court":"Chancery","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"Samuel Lukins, a member of the Society of Friends, asks the court to rescind an earlier judgment against him.  Lukins states that John S. and Ann Camden petitioned for the possession of a slave and for financial compensation from his hire.  Lukins charges that \"he should not be bound thereby\" because the decree was \"founded upon a mistake in the law.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Churches"}]}]}