Petition #20981505

• Queen Anne's County, Maryland. filing started May 1, 1815.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of Queen Ann's County Court

Abstract

Henny Hemsley and her children state they are unjustly held in slavery by George Walls, who is currently in Maryland, but who is a resident of Kentucky. The petitioners claim they are entitled to their freedom because they are "descended on the female line from a free woman named Susan."

Result: Granted; appealed; reversed; affirmed.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Transcript of Court Record, 1 May 1815--June Term 1817
• Pages of related documents: 9

9 people are documented within petition 20981505

• 1 Free person of color
• 4 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 4 Petitioners
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 7
• Microfilm: M 11014

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Ships
• Occupation (FPOC)
• Interracial relationships
• Kidnapping (FPOC)
• Veterans