Petition #20979118
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland. November 1, 1791. - circa November 1797.
- Court: General
- Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of the General Court
Abstract
Henny Boston states that she is being held in slavery by John Francis Mercer when in fact "she is entitled to Freedom being descended from a free yellow woman being one of the portuguese." Boston asks that she be discharged from service to Mercer.
Result: Granted; appealed; affirmed.
- Number of petition pages: 1
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- Pages of related documents: 15
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 18
- Microfilm: M 11015
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