20979121https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20979121MarylandAnne ArundelCounty1111791Generaly111797Appellategranted; appealed; affirmed50986Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MarylandPhillip Boston states that he is detained in slavery by Richard Sprigg when "he is entitled to Freedom being descended from a free yellow woman being one of the Portuguese." Boston asks that he be discharged from service to Sprigg.Sues for freedom (enslaved)Seniors (FPOC)Testimony (enslaved)Crops (tobacco)ChurchesChurch, right to attendInterracial relationshipsWhippingSlave trade (Atlantic)Term slaveryInventory (enslaved)Family separated (Black)Veterans