{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20981905","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20981905","state":"Maryland","county":"Somerset","location_type":"County","file_day":24,"file_month":5,"file_year":1819,"filing_court":"County","end_day":0,"end_month":6,"end_year":1820,"ending_court":"Appellate","result":"dismissed; appealed; affirmed","enslaved_count":10,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":15,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"The slave William states that he is unjustly held in bondage by William Kelly.  He requests that he be restored to \"the full enjoyment of his freedom & liberty.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Widow's dower"},{"subject":"Assessed Value (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Term slavery"}]}]}