Petition #20983307

• Anne Arundel County, Maryland. October 25, 1833. - June 8, 1835.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of Anne Arundel County Court

Abstract

Jim Sharp states that "he is a free man, and entitled to be at liberty" but he is currently "claimed as a slave by Thomas Allein." Sharp requests to be free.

Result: Granted; appealed; reversed; remanded.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: PARs #20982907, #20983010; Various Transcripts of Court Proceedings, 1816--29 November 1834; Deed of Manumission, Richard G. Hutton, 9 November 1819; Bills of Exceptions, 31 October 1834; Accounts, Benjamin Armiger to William Armiger, 21 May 1818-- 21 May 1824; Appellate Court Ruling, 8 June 1835
• Pages of related documents: 36

8 people are documented within petition 20983307

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

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 1
• Microfilm: M 11014

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Freedom papers
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Virtually free (enslaved)
• Term slavery
• Insolvency