Susan Diggs v. Jane Cockrell. Petition for Freedom Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Steph N. Camerone 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 May 21, 1852 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 761, Folder 61 Case Papers Petition Civil Petition for Freedom October 1852 Washington (D.C.) Diggs, Susan Cockrell, Jane Hall, David A. United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) added xml:ids reviewed; edited Encoded and transcribed

Susan Diggs vs. Jane Cockrell.

Petition for Freedom.

Susan Diggs by D. A. Hall her attorney, to the Hon. The Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, humbly sets forth and makes known that she is claimed and unlawfully held in slavery by Jane Jane Cockrell, of the City of Washington, in violation of her rights as a free woman, and she prays that she the said Jane may be duly summoned to come before your Honourable Court, and show cause, if any she has why she, your petitioner should not be discharged from Slavery, and from all claim by or on behalf of the said Jane, by her executors, administrators and assigns.

D.A. Hall For Petitioner.

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Susan Diggs vs. Jane Cockrell

Petition for freedom.

Filed 21 May 1852.