Ann Williams, Ann Maria Williams, Tobias Williams, & John Williams v. George Miller & George Miller Jr.
To the Honble the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the County of Washington
The petition of Anne Williams a coloured woman & Ann Maria, Tobias, & John her children humbly sheweth
That your Petrs are free persons unjustly held in bondage & claimed as slaves by a certain George Miller Senr or George Miller Junr of Washington County. Wherefore they pray a sbpa to said Miller's & each of them directed that they may appear & answer hereto & that they may receive such other & further relief as your Honors may allow.
Key & Dunlop for Petrs
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- Title
- Ann Williams, Ann Maria Williams, Tobias Williams, & John Williams v. George Miller & George Miller Jr.
- Description
- This successful freedom suit, brought by Ann Williams and based on importation bans, showed legal challenges to slavery in Washington, D.C.
- Excerpted
- Yes
- Date
- 1832
- Subject
- African Americans
- Procedural History
- Circuit Court for the District of Columbia
- Document Type
- Court Case
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Digital Repository
- O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family
- URL
- https://earlywashingtondc.org/cases/oscys.caseid.0105
- Title
- Ann Williams, Ann Maria Williams, Tobias Williams, & John Williams v. George Miller & George Miller Jr.
- Description
- This successful freedom suit, brought by Ann Williams and based on importation bans, showed legal challenges to slavery in Washington, D.C.
- Excerpted
- Yes
- Date
- 1832
- Subject
- African Americans
- Procedural History
- Circuit Court for the District of Columbia
- Document Type
- Court Case
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Digital Repository
- O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family
- URL
- https://earlywashingtondc.org/cases/oscys.caseid.0105