Petition #20978907

• Queen Anne's County, Maryland. September 8, 1789. - circa June 1792.
• Court: General
• Salutation: To the Hon'ble the Judges of the General Court of the State of Maryland for the Eastern Shore of said State now Sitting

Abstract

Adam states he is being "illegally detained in Slavery by a certain Andrew Foster Leverton" and he asks that Leverton answer his complaint.

Result: Partially granted; dismissed; appealed; affirmed.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Court Record, ca. 1789; Statement of Facts, ca. 1789; Last Will and Testament, John Costin, 26 March 1784
• Pages of related documents: 7

3 people are documented within petition 20978907

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 1
• Microfilm: M 11015

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Taxation (enslaved)