The last will and testament of Edward Gollorthun freed a slave named Caroline Wilkinson and her twelve-year-old illegitimate son, William Phillips. Lloyd Phillips, a free person of color, took "forcible possession" of her son and took him "to some unknown place where She cannot have access to him." Wilkinson fears that the boy may be "fraudulently Sold into Slavery." She says that she "is able & willing to bring up & Support her Said Son." Wilkinson asks the court for a writ of habeas corpus to force Phillips to produce her son. She also asks that her son "may be delivered to her Custody."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
