Petition #20979121
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland. November 1, 1791. - circa November 1797.
- Court: General
- Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of the General Court
Abstract
Phillip Boston states that he is detained in slavery by Richard Sprigg when "he is entitled to Freedom being descended from a free yellow woman being one of the Portuguese." Boston asks that he be discharged from service to Sprigg.
Result: Granted; appealed; affirmed.
- Number of petition pages: 1
- Related documents: PARs #20979115, #20979116, #20979117, #20979118, #20979119, #20979120, #20979122, #20979123, #20981126, #20981402, #20981409, #20981410, #20981413, #20981416, #20981417, #20981418, #20981515, #20981516, #20981609, #20981615, #20981617, #20981714, #20982011; Court Record, 1791-1793; Deposition, Anne Brown, ca. 1793; Depositions, Anne Harwood and Elizabeth Rawlings, 20 July 1789; Depositions, Richard Watkins and Richard Richardson, 10 March 1790; Deposition, Plummer Jiams, 4 August 1790; Deposition, John Welch, 3 February 1791; Deposition, Robert John Smith, ca. 1791; Deposition, Ann Watkins, 4 June 1791; Deposition, John Tydings, 25 October 1791; Deposition, Thomas Gibbs, 3 November 1791; Deposition, Mary Cruchly, 4 November 1791; Deposition, Benjamin Carr, 16 October 1791; Deposition, Benjamin Atwell, 21 May 1792; Deposition, Alice Taylor, 23 June 1792; Deposition, Anne Brown, ca. 1792; Subscriber's Statement, 10 August 1747; Depositions, John Norris, 8 October 1792 and 13 October 1792; Depositions, Margaret Gassaway Watkins, Richard Hopkins, Dinah Watkins and Mary Farro, 21 May 1793; Deposition, Joseph Cowman, 25 May 1793; Court Record, 1794-1795; Order and Appeal, 13 October 1795; Agreement, Philip Boston and Richard Sprigg, 14 June 1797; Deposition, John Welch, 24 February 1791; Deposition, Bacon Boston, 15 June 1793; Deposition, Anne Brown, October 1793; Deposition, William Harwood, 25 May 1795; Deposition, Anne Brown, 3 June 1797
- Pages of related documents: 25
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 30
- Microfilm: M 11015
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