Petition #20981505

Abstract

Henny Hemsley and her children state they are unjustly held in slavery by George Walls, who is currently in Maryland, but who is a resident of Kentucky. The petitioners claim they are entitled to their freedom because they are "descended on the female line from a free woman named Susan."

Result: Granted; appealed; reversed; affirmed.

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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

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