<petition><petition_analysis_number>20981505</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20981505</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Queen Anne's</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>1</file_day><file_month>5</file_month><file_year>1815</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><result>granted; appealed; reversed; affirmed</result><enslaved_count>4</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>9</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><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."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>Ships</subject><subject>Occupation (FPOC)</subject><subject>Interracial relationships</subject><subject>Kidnapping (FPOC)</subject><subject>Veterans</subject></subjects></petition>