Samuel Bias v. John Rose. Petition for Freedom Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Samantha M. Bryant Steph N. Camerone Michael Dick Kaci L. Nash Laura K. Weakly University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Maryland National Endowment for the Humanities 2014 O Say Can You See University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 Petition for Freedom September 28, 1818 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 146, Folder 611 Case Papers Petition Civil Petition for Freedom December 1818 Bell, Thomas Brooke Brent, William, 1774-1848 Forrest, D.W. Washington County (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) Bias, Samuel Rose, John Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843 United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) corrected idno reviewed document added idno added xml:ids converted to new TEI reviewed and edited transcribed, encoded

To the Honorable the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for Washington County.

The petition of Samuel Bias, humbly sheweth, that your petitioner is detained illegally in slavery by John Rose Thomas Brooke Bell though he is reaso entitled to his freedom, though he is as he is prepared to verify, & he therefore humbly prays that this Honorable Court will take his cause into consideration, and direct such process and steps to be taken therein as to this Honorable Court may seem proper and this Law has provided. & your petitioner will ever pray &c

D.W. Forrest petn

F S Key for Petr

554 611.

Samuel Bias vs John Rose RobertThomas Brooke Bell

Pet. for freedom

Mr Brent will please to file this & issue Forrest

filed 28th Sept 1818