Petition #20981210

• Frederick County, Maryland. August 10, 1812. - December 5, 1814.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the honourable Court of Frederick County

Abstract

Mary, a woman of color, avows "that she is entitled to be free and is unjustly held in slavery by a certain Otho Sprigg," the administrator of the estate of the late Thomas Sprigg. The petitioner claims her freedom based on the fact that she was brought into Maryland contrary to the "Laws and Statutes of said State." She requests the opportunity to present her case.

Result: Granted; appealed; reversed; remanded.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20981124, #20981211; Court Record, August-October 1813; Bill of Exceptions, Otho Sprigg, 23 August 1813; Court of Appeals Ruling, 5 December 1814; Rough Draft of Appeals Record, 5 December 1814; see: Abstract of Petition of Richard Shorter v. Thomas Sprigg, November 1795
• Pages of related documents: 28

8 people are documented within petition 20981210

• 2 Enslaved
• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 27
• Microfilm: M 11014

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Testimony (FPOC)
• Crops (tobacco)
• Enslaver (minors)