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1809/12
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01/63/08/42
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 24 Abraham Dennis vs. Negro George
ITEMS: record 13 June 1808; note of Josiah Bayly n.d.
COMMENTS: Somerset County black seeks freedom; judgment affirmed December Term 1809 [Docket]
SOURCE: MSA S380-12
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MSA SC 4239-1-3
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1813/06
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01/63/09/13
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 2 Philip Crisfield vs Nancy Green, Benjamin Green, and Mary Green
ITEMS: record 25 November 1808; transcript and record 30 November 1812
COMMENTS: Kent County blacks seek freedom; lower court judgment affirmed June Term 1813
SOURCE: MSA S380-28
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MSA SC 4239-1-4
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1813/06
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01/63/09/13
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 4 John Stewart et al. vs. Samuel Holbrook et al.
ITEMS: transcript 17 January 1811; court of appeals judgment June Term 1813; note on appeal
COMMENTS: Somerset County slaves, a total of 84, seek freedom under provisions in Alexander Stewart's will; lower court grants petition; reversed by appeals court June Term 1813
SOURCE: MSA S380-28
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MSA SC 4239-1-5
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1813/06
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01/63/09/13
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 19 Richard Jones vs. Robert Moody
ITEMS: transcript 20 May 1812
COMMENTS: Petition of freedom from Queen Ann's County; Robert Moody is descended "in the female Line from an Indian Woman a Native of America"; judgment affirmed June Term 1813
SOURCE: MSA S380-28
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MSA SC 4239-1-6
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1815/06
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01/63/09/16
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 32 William Patterson vs. Negro Betty
ITEMS: record 23 December 1814
COMMENTS: Worcester County black seeks freedom; judgment affirmed June Term 1815
SOURCE: MSA S380-31
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MSA SC 4239-1-7
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1817/06
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01/63/09/18
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 21 George Walls vs. Henny Hemsley and children
ITEMS: transcript of record 14 May 1816
COMMENTS: Mulatto woman and children claim freedom because they are descended from a free woman named Susan; June Term 1817; judgment reversed on 1st exception and affirmed on 2nd; Queen Anne's County
SOURCE: MSA S380-33
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MSA SC 4239-1-8
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1820/06
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01/63/09/24
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 10 Alexander Walkup vs. Edwin M. Pratt
ITEMS: record 13 January 1819; opinion of court of appeals [June 1820]
COMMENTS: Walkup of Queen Ann's County seeks freedom because he is descended from a free woman; June Term 1820; judgment reversed
SOURCE: MSA S380-39
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MSA SC 4239-1-9
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1820/06
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01/63/09/24
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 20 Negro William vs. William Kelley
ITEMS: transcript of record 3 June 1819
COMMENTS: Somerset County black seeks freedom; judgment affirmed June Term 1820
SOURCE: MSA S380-39
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MSA SC 4239-1-10
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1827/06
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01/63/09/44
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 29 Negroes George, David, Kim, Harry, Maria, Beck, and Mary vs. Thomas C. Kennard
ITEMS: transcript 18 May 1826); appellants statement 25 May 1827; appeal affirmed n.d.
COMMENTS: Seven Kent County slaves seek freedom under will of James Corse, but jury finds for the defendant; judgment affirmed June Term 1827
SOURCE: MSA S380-59
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MSA SC 4239-1-11
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1830/06
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01/63/10/05
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 8 Negro Patience et al. vs. Isaac Morris et al.
ITEMS: transcript of record 31 May 1827; appellants statement 1 June 1829; appellants statement 5 June 1830
COMMENTS: Nine Somerset County blacks seek freedom; lower court grants freedom; judgment affirmed June Term 1830
SOURCE: MSA S380-65
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MSA SC 4239-1-12
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1831/06
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01/63/10/07
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 5 Betsy Anderson vs. Alexander Parsons
ITEMS: transcript 10 July 1827
COMMENTS: Somerset County black Betsy Anderson seeks freedom; judgment affirmed with costs to the appellee June Term 1831 [Docket]
SOURCE: MSA S380-67
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MSA SC 4239-1-13
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1836/11
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01/63/10/10
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 14 William Murrey vs. Vincent E. Benton
ITEMS: transcript of record 26 May 1836; appellants points n.d.; motion for writ n.d.; note on amending record n.d.
COMMENTS: Kent County black William Murrey seeks freedom: judgment affirmed November Term 1836 [Docket]
SOURCE: MSA S380-72
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MSA SC 4239-1-14
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1841/06
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01/63/10/11
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 3 Emily Ann vs. George S. Hollyday
ITEMS: transcript of record 27 May 1840; judgment of appeals court November 1840
COMMENTS: Kent County black gains freedom in lower court, but decision is reversed by appeals court June Term 1841
SOURCE: MSA S380-74
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MSA SC 4239-1-15
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1848/06
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01/63/10/13
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Eastern Shore) No. 10 Stephen Cornish vs. Jacob Willson
ITEMS: copy of record from Dorchester County Court 2 June 1847; appellants points 6 June 1848; appellees points 5 June 1848; opinion of court of appeals June 1848
COMMENTS: Dorchester County slave Stephen Cornish seeks freedom; lower court finds for Cornish; appeals court affirmed judgment June Term 1848
SOURCE: MSA S380-77
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