<petition><petition_analysis_number>20978202</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20978202</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Anne Arundel</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_date_circa>y</file_date_circa><file_month>8</file_month><file_year>1782</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><end_date_circa>y</end_date_circa><end_month>9</end_month><end_year>1782</end_year><ending_court>County</ending_court><result>denied</result><enslaved_count>2</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>Ann Fisher states that her "Grand Mother was a white woman who served her Time in St. Marys County who had your petitioner by an East India Indian who became a free Mullattoe."  Fisher asserts that she "is now made a Slave during her Life which your petitioner humbly conceives is contrary to Law."  Fisher is about thirty-two years of age when she sued for her freedom.  However, the file date of her petition is not given.</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>Interracial relationships</subject></subjects></petition>