Petition #20984108
- Frederick County, Maryland. August 28, 1841. - December 6, 1841.
- Court: County
- Salutation: To the Honorable The Judges of Frederick County Court
Abstract
Dennis Anthony, a thirty-seven-year-old black man, states "that he is unjustly claimed held and detained in slavery" by Joseph G. Hays, administrator of the late James L. Higgins's estate. Anthony is currently in jail and fears that Hays will sell "him into slavery, and perhaps to some person who will export him to the south." Anthony asks that he be released from jail, discharged from servitude and set free.
Result: Denied; appealed; reversed.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Summons, Joseph G. Hays, 28 August 1841; Answer, Joseph G. Hays, 25 October 1841; Order, 3 November 1841; Bill of Exceptions, Dennis Anthony, 3 November 1841; Order, 6 December 1841; Letter, J. M. Coale, 10 March 1842
- Pages of related documents: 12
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 23
- Microfilm: M 11014
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