Petition #20985807

• Baltimore County, Maryland. July 14, 1858. - August 31, 1858.
• Court: Orphans
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of the Orphans Court for Baltimore County

Abstract

Carville S. Stansbury "is the owner and master of a negro Boy named Nathaniel aged about 16 years for a term of nineteen years." On 12 July 1858, Nathaniel ran away and on 13 July 1858 he was arrested and lodged in the county jail for two weeks. Stansbury asks the court to grant him compensation for the expenses he incurred retrieving the slave.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Answer, Nathaniel, ca. July 1858; Orders, 20 July 1858, 10 August 1858, 31 August 1858
• Pages of related documents: 8

3 people are documented within petition 20985807

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 52
• Microfilm: M 11020

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Jails/Workhouses
• Testimony (enslaved)
• Freedom seekers
• Term slavery