<petition><petition_analysis_number>20982102</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20982102</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Baltimore</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>23</file_day><file_month>4</file_month><file_year>1821</file_year><filing_court>Orphans</filing_court><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>Sarah McAllistor asks the court for permission to sell her deceased husband's slave, Vachel Scott.  Scott ran away a year ago, and Sarah believes that he is "on board of some privateer."  Someone has offered to pay her the appraised value of $550 for the slave; she asks the court's permission to accept the offer.</abstract><subjects><subject>Ships</subject><subject>Freedom seekers</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>