Caroline Hopkins, a "free coloured woman" and mother of minor, Charles Wisher, petitions for the "management and controle of the said infant." She explains that, for the past twelve months, Charles has been in the possession of Samuel Griffin, who "refuses to deliver up the said boy to her, or to the person to whom she desires him to live with for the year 1866." Hopkins asks for a writ of habeas corpus so that she can regain the "custody and care" of her son.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
