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1792/06
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01/62/06/01
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 8 Negro Adam vs. Andrew Foster Leverton
ITEMS: record June 1790
COMMENTS: Includes petition for freedom of Adam; case arose in Queen Anne's County; judgment affirmed with costs June Term 1792 [Docket, p. 88]
SOURCE: MSA S381-1
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MSA SC 4239-2-2
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1798/06
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01/62/06/01
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 28 Nathaniel Allen vs. Richard Higgins
ITEMS: transcript 7 November 1796
COMMENTS: Allen petitioned Anne Arundel County Court for freedom claiming descent from a free woman; judgment affirmed June Term 1798 [Docket, p. 395]
SOURCE: MSA S381-1
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MSA SC 4239-2-3
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1802/06
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01/62/06/02
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 8 John Ashton vs. Charles Mahoney
ITEMS: transcript 1799; court opinion 25 June 1802
COMMENTS: Prince George's County slave Charles Mahoney claims freedom because of descent from a white woman; lower court judgment reversed June Term 1802 [Docket]
SOURCE: MSA S381-2
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MSA SC 4239-2-4
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1796/06
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01/62/06/14
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 4 Richard Booth vs. David Weems
ITEMS: transcript on diminution June 1794; transcript 14 November 1792
COMMENTS: "That your Petitioner is descended from a free Woman and is unjustly deprived of his Liberty by David Weems of said[Anne Arundel] County who holds and claims your Petitioner as a slave--"; judgment reversed and Negro entitled to freedom June Term 1794, signed 30 September 1796 [Docket 307]
SOURCE: MSA S381-13
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MSA SC 4239-2-5
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1853/12
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01/62/06/43
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 151 David Barley vs. Rebecca Ringgold et al.
ITEMS: transcript of record 19 May 1853
COMMENTS: Kent County woman Rebecca Ringgold and her children Arminta and William petition for freedom; appeal dismissed by the court 22 May 1854, December Term 1853
SOURCE: MSA S381-19
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MSA SC 4239-2-6
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1791/06
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01/62/07/30
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 3 Adam Craig vs. Mary Butler
ITEMS: petitions, depositions, and judgments 1765-1787
COMMENTS: Includes petition of William and Mary Butler 15 October1770, petition of Tracy Butler 12 April 1786, and petitions of Mary Butler May 1786, October 1787; they were slaves who claimed to be free because they were descended from Irish Nell, a white woman;
lower court judgment affirmed with costs June Term 1791 [Docket, p. 5]
SOURCE: MSA S381-52
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MSA SC 4239-2-7
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1805/06
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01/62/07/37
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 16 Joseph Camden vs. William Scrivener
ITEMS: transcript 14 June 1803; decree 26 June 1805
COMMENTS: Case involving distribution of slaves
SOURCE: MSA S381-59
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MSA SC 4239-2-8
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1859/06
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01/62/08/08
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 23 William Cecil vs. Negro Rose
ITEMS: record 4 December 1858
COMMENTS: Rose of Prince George's County sues for her freedom; appeal dismissed 1 July 1859 June Term 1859 [Docket, p. 78]
SOURCE: MSA S381-61
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MSA SC 4239-2-9
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1860/12
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01/62/08/08
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 212 William Cecil vs. Negro Rose
ITEMS: record 1 December 1860
COMMENTS: Judgment affirmed 26 March 1861 December Term 1860 [Docket, p. 296]
SOURCE: MSA S381-61
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MSA SC 4239-2-10
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1784/05
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01/62/10/07
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 7 Hugh Hopewell vs. Negro Jack
ITEMS: record 7 May 1782
COMMENTS: St Mary's County black seeks freedom; judgment of lower court affirmed May Term 1784; allowed 10f for wages [Docket, p. 138]
SOURCE: MSA S381-128
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MSA SC 4239-2-11
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1784/05
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01/62/10/07
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 8 James Hopewell vs. Negroes Frank et al.
ITEMS: record 7 May 1782
COMMENTS: St. Mary's County blacks seek freedom; lower court judgment affirmed May Term 1784; allowed 10 pounds each for wages; Negro Frank 1f. Isaac & George 20 pounds each [Docket, p. 139]
SOURCE: MSA S381-128
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MSA SC 4239-2-12
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1784/05
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01/62/10/07
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 10 Thomas Hopewell vs. Negroes Minta et al.
ITEMS: record 7 May 1782
COMMENTS: St. Mary's County blacks seek freedom; lower court judgment affirmed May Term 1784; court allowed wages to each [Docket p. 139]
SOURCE: MSA S381-128
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MSA SC 4239-2-13
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1784/05
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01/62/10/07
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 11 Elizabeth Hopewell vs. Negroes Nan et al
ITEMS: record 7 May 1782
COMMENTS: St. Mary's County blacks seek freedom; lower court judgment affirmed May Term 1784; court allowed wages to each [Docket, p. 139]
SOURCE: MSA S381-128
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MSA SC 4239-2-14
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1852/06
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01/62/11/38
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 138 Landy Linstead vs Anne Green
ITEMS: transcript 18 May 1852
COMMENTS: Free woman of color Anne Greene says she is unlawfully detained in slavery; judgment reversed and no procedendo awarded by the court June Term 1852 [Docket]
SOURCE: MSA S381-172
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MSA SC 4239-2-15
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1792/06
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01/62/12/04
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COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) No. 12 William M. Wilkinson vs. Benjamin Mackall
ITEMS: record June 1790
COMMENTS: Plantation owner's estate; decree affirmed with costs June Term 1792 [Docket, p. 88]
SOURCE: MSA S381-182
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