20985953https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20985953MarylandAnne ArundelCountyy2041859Orphans2041859Orphansgranted104Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MarylandJames W. Hunter, administrator of the estate of G. Grammar, asserts that he sold a sixty-year-old estate slave named Sam to James Allen for $216. Allen alleges that he can prove that Sam was "then diseased, if not actually insane." Sam died a few months after the purchase. Hunter and Allen have reached a compromise whereby Allen owes the estate half the purchase money plus court costs; Hunter asks the court to approve the arrangement.Death of enslaved (disease)Seniors (enslaved)Diseases (mental)Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)