Robert Carter, a "Coloured Boy free," represented by his next friend, Kitty Kent, claims that he is the child of a free woman of color who has long since died and a male slave belonging to John Randall of Annapolis. Carter has been retained by William Caton, who by "some pretended Claim without authority," threatens to sell him. The petitioner seeks protection until the court can act on his petition. In his answer, Caton counters by claiming that Carter has been "duly indented" to him under the name of Marcellus Carter by two justices of the peace for Anne Arundel County.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
