Petition #20981115

• Baltimore County, Maryland. March 1811. - May 1815.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honourable The Judges of Baltimore County Court now in Court Sitting

Abstract

Thomas Waddle, a "Black Man" and native of Virginia, states that he previously belonged to Samuel Haney of Virginia who imported him into Maryland "as a slave contrary to the laws of Maryland." Waddle says he is now claimed as a slave by both Haney and Robert Long of Baltimore. Waddle requests that Haney and Long answer these charges.

Result: Granted; appealed; judgment reversed.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Court Record, March 1811-- 8 May 1811
• Pages of related documents: 4

5 people are documented within petition 20981115

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 10
• Microfilm: M 11014

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Ships
• Non-plantation/Non-household work (enslaved)
• Skills (enslaved)
• Freedom seekers