<petition><petition_analysis_number>20981814</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20981814</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Queen Anne's</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>4</file_day><file_month>5</file_month><file_year>1818</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><end_date_circa>y</end_date_circa><end_month>6</end_month><end_year>1820</end_year><ending_court>Appellate</ending_court><result>partially granted; denied; appealed; reversed</result><enslaved_count>43</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>51</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>Alexander Walkup states that "he is descended lineally in the female line from a free woman and he is unjustly deprived of his freedom" by Edwin Pratt.  He asks that process be issued against Pratt and he receive further "redress as to your Honours may seem right."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>Seniors (enslaved)</subject><subject>Skills (enslaved)</subject><subject>Crops (tobacco)</subject><subject>Churches</subject><subject>Diseases (physical)</subject><subject>Native Americans</subject><subject>Interracial relationships</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Inventory (enslaved)</subject><subject>Family separated (Black)</subject></subjects></petition>