20984611https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20984611MarylandWashingtonCounty2651846Orphans008Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MarylandThe next of kin and distributees of Susan S. Gaither ask the court for permission to sell the slaves of her estate at a private sale. They explain that some of the slaves are married and they worry that a public sale of the slaves would "subject them to the hasard of being separated from their families and also of being sold out of the state, or to cruel masters."AuctionsWhite affection (enslaved family)