Charity Ridgely, a "colored woman," asks the court to grant to her "the benefit of the Insolvent laws of this state" and to discharge her from "the custody of an officer of the Peace." Ridgely has been arrested for failure to pay certain debts. She promises that upon her release she "is willing and offers to deliver up to the use of her creditors all her property real Personal and mixed ... (the necessary wearing Apparel and bedding excepted)."
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
