20980305https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20980305MarylandQueen Anne'sCounty51803Countyy61813Appellategranted; appealed; affirmed148Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MarylandRobert Moody petitions for his freedom on the grounds that he was born free and "is lineally descended in the female Line from an Indian Woman a Native of America." Moody files transcripts from three earlier freedom suits as evidence in his own suit. Those suits involved the alleged descendants of a free Indian woman named Moll or Mary raised in the family of Philemon Lloyd, a white planter. Moody attests that his mother Betty was the daughter of Rachel Baker, one of the successful plaintiffs in the October 1800 freedom suit.Sues for freedom (enslaved)Testimony (FPOC)Native AmericansInterracial relationships