<petition><petition_analysis_number>20982513</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20982513</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Talbot</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>16</file_day><file_month>5</file_month><file_year>1825</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><enslaved_count>3</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>6</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>Moses Mowbray, Jacob Mowbray and Samuel Mowbray claim they are free persons of color being held by William Kirby and Pattison Moore as slaves.  They ask the court to take their case into consideration and "to grant them relief &amp; to adjudge them to be free."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>