Petition #20983308

• Anne Arundel County, Maryland. April 5, 1833. - June 8, 1835.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the honorable the Judges of Anne Arundel County Court

Abstract

Milly Howard declares that "she is a free woman bound to no servitude to any person whatever" and that she "has been illegally seized and is held in bondage" by Zachariah Duvall. Howard petitions to establish her right to freedom and asks the court to release her from Duvall's custody.

Result: Denied; appealed; reversed; remanded.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Summons, Zachariah Duvall, 5 April 1833; Sheriff's Return, 15 April 1833; Bills of Exceptions, 20 April 1833; Deed of Manumission, Henry Duvall, 13 January 1817; Request for Appeal, 22 May 1833; Records of Appellate Court, 1 December 1834--8 June 1835; Order, 8 June 1835
• Pages of related documents: 14

5 people are documented within petition 20983308

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 14
• Microfilm: M 11014

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Virtually free (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)