Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #3 from Abstracts of Petitions to Southern County Courts, 1775-1867

Part of Series B
Microfilm Reel in Collection Series 1
Microfilm Frame on Reel 472
Accession Number (identifies petition on microfilm) 20978907
County Queen Anne's
State Maryland
Year Legislative Petition Filed 1789
Abstract of Petition Adams states he is being "illegally detained in Slavery by a certain Andrew Foster Leverton" and he asks that Leverton answer his complaint.

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