20979118https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20979118MarylandAnne ArundelCounty1111791Generaly111797Appellategranted; appealed; affirmed56993Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MarylandHenny Boston states that she is being held in slavery by John Francis Mercer when in fact "she is entitled to Freedom being descended from a free yellow woman being one of the portuguese." Boston asks that she be discharged from service to Mercer.Sues for freedom (enslaved)Seniors (FPOC)Testimony (FPOC)Crops (tobacco)ChurchesChurch, right to attendInterracial relationshipsWhippingSlave trade (Atlantic)Term slaveryInventory (enslaved)Family separated (Black)Veterans