<petition><petition_analysis_number>20982608</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20982608</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Somerset</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>29</file_day><file_month>11</file_month><file_year>1826</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><end_month>6</end_month><end_year>1831</end_year><ending_court>Appellate</ending_court><result>granted for Betsy Anderson; unknown for Priscilla and Nancy Duffy; appealed; affirmed</result><enslaved_count>9</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>15</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>Betsy Anderson, Priscilla Duffy, and Nancy Duffy state that they "are entitled to and have been long in the enjoyment of their freedom," but they were "taken possession of and deprived thereof" by the defendants, Alexander Parsons and Samuel McBryde.  The petitioners request their freedom.</abstract><subjects><subject>owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave</subject><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>Widow's dower</subject><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Term slavery</subject></subjects></petition>