Petition #20979123
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland. November 1, 1791. - circa November 1797.
- Court: General
- Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of the General Court
Abstract
Benjamin Boston states that he being held in slavery by Richard Sprigg "when he is entitled to Freedom being descended from a free yellow woman being one of the Portugues whose name ... was Senah Boston." Boston asks that he be discharged from the service of Sprigg.
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: 32
- Microfilm: M 11015
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