Petition #20981211

• Frederick County, Maryland. August 10, 1812. - December 5, 1814.
• Court: County
• Salutation: to the honourable Court of Frederick County

Abstract

Presly, a man of color, avows that "he is entitled to be free and at large but is unjustly held in slavery by a certain Otho Sprigg," the administrator of the estate of the late Thomas Sprigg. Presly claims he was brought into Maryland contrary to the laws of the state and he asks that Sprigg be subpoenaed and that he be discharged from Sprigg's service.

Result: Granted; appealed; reversed; remanded.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: PARs #20981124, #20981210; Court Record, August-October 1813; Bill of Exceptions, 24 August 1813; Court of Appeals Ruling, 5 December 1814; Rough Draft of Appeals Record, December 1814
• Pages of related documents: 34

27 people are documented within petition 20981211

• 1 Free person of color
• 21 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 4 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 28
• Microfilm: M 11014

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Seniors (enslaved)
• Testimony (FPOC)
• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Enslaver (minors)
• Inventory (enslaved)