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MSA SC 4239-5-12
CollectionSchweninger Collection
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CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers) 894 Petition of George Medcalf
ITEMS: copied docket page; bill 3 January 1820
COMMENTS: In 1820, a writ of habeas corpus was directed to George Medcalf "to produce the bodies of Araminta Chew and her child Debby" to the Chancery Court; Medcalf explained that although Araminta had filed a petition for freedom in Anne Arundel County Court saying she had been manumitted by deed, the court had declared the unrecorded deed "invalid and inoperative"; but he added that in 1815 his wife had sold the slaves to John Davis "who has since manumitted them"; Medcalf sought to recover slaves
SOURCE: MSA S512-930

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