Milly Bowser, a free woman of color, petitions to be released from jail. She claims that she was illegally imprisoned after moving from the District of Columbia to Maryland, "by which said judgment a fine of six hundred dollars was imposed upon your Petitioner, and that your Petitioner is still in said Jail and is now advertised to be sold to satisfy said fine." Bowser asks for a writ of habeas corpus. In her petition she cites specific laws of the Maryland General Assembly concerning the travel of persons of color between states and points out three reasons why she has not violated laws. Her primary argument is that the laws apply "exclusively to 'Males.' "
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
