@article{874744,
      note = {Reproduction of the originals from the National Archives  (United States). Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms  Publications.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/874744},
      title = {Habeas corpus case records, 1820-1863, of the United  States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia  [electronic resource],},
      abstract = {These records include orders to produce a prisoner and  show cause for capture and detention. Among them is a  series of papers that relate to fugitive slaves, 1853-1863,  due to the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. The  Act allowed claimants to recover fugitives by applying to  federal judges and commissioners to establish ownership.  Slave owners routinely used writs to reclaim runaway  slaves. The records include the actual writs, petitions for  writs, return of writs, orders of the Court, and other  papers filed in habeas corpus proceedings.},
      recid = {874744},
      pages = {2 manuscripts; 1,620 items.},
}