{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20982005","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20982005","state":"Maryland","county":"Prince George's","location_type":"County","file_day":3,"file_month":4,"file_year":1820,"filing_court":"County","end_date_circa":"y","end_month":6,"end_year":1823,"ending_court":"County","result":"granted; appealed; reversed","enslaved_count":14,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":18,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"James Cragg, by his mother and next friend Milly Cragg, claims that he is entitled to his freedom but that he is held in bondage by Andrew Hamilton.  Cragg asks that his case be investigated and that Hamilton be called to answer the charges.","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Bequest (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"}]}]}