20979122https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20979122MarylandAnne ArundelCounty1111791Generaly111797Appellategranted; appealed; affirmed24848Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MarylandMaria Boston states that "she is entitled to her freedom being descended from a free yellow woman being one of the Portuguese" but that she is "detained in slavery" by Richard Sprigg. Boston asks that she be discharged from the service of Sprigg.Sues for freedom (enslaved)Seniors (FPOC)Testimony (FPOC)Crops (tobacco)ChurchesChurch, right to attendInterracial relationshipsWhippingSlave trade (Atlantic)Term slaveryInventory (enslaved)Family separated (Black)Veterans