<petition><petition_analysis_number>20985726</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20985726</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Anne Arundel</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>6</file_day><file_month>10</file_month><file_year>1857</file_year><filing_court>Orphans</filing_court><end_day>6</end_day><end_month>10</end_month><end_year>1857</end_year><ending_court>Orphans</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>William Prather would like permission to sell "a negro woman named Maria," the joint property of his five wards and their mother.  He reports that Maria "ranoff some two months ago without any provocation" and she is currently in "the Jail in Annapolis and she refuses to go home."</abstract><subjects><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Freedom seekers</subject><subject>Insubordination</subject><subject>Enslaver (minors)</subject></subjects></petition>