Petition #20982418

• Talbot County, Maryland. filing started May 22, 1824.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honorable, the Judges of Talbot County Court, now in Court judicially sitting

Abstract

Ann Maria and six other people of color declare that they are free persons and are being "unlawfully and unjustly held in bondage" by Rigby Hopkins as slaves. The petitioners ask the court to "adjudge them to be free."

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Summons, Rigby Hopkins, 22 May 1824
• Pages of related documents: 2

8 people are documented within petition 20982418

• 7 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 7 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 1
• Microfilm: M 11026

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)