| Part of Series | B |
|---|---|
| Microfilm Reel in Collection Series | 2 |
| Microfilm Frame on Reel | 441 |
| Accession Number (identifies petition on microfilm) | 20980305 |
| County | Queen Anne's |
| State | Maryland |
| Year Legislative Petition Filed | 1803 |
| Abstract of Petition | Robert Moody petitions for his freedom on the grounds that he was born free, descended "in the famale Line from an Indian Woman a Native of America." Moody files transcripts from three earlier freedom suits as evidence in his own suit. Those suits involved the alleged descendants of a free Indian woman named Moll or Mary raised in the family of Philemon Lloyd, a white planter. Moddy says that his mother Betty was the daughter of Rachel Baker, on eof the successful plaintiffs in the October 1800 freedom suit. |
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