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Bess v. Ruth Howard

Maryland Provincial Court - Annapolis (Md.)

Claim for Freedom Made

Term Slavery
Manumission

Outcome

Judgment for Petitioner April 10, 1722

Appealed by Defendant April 10, 1722

Judgment Reversed April 10, 1722

Case Documents

• Bess v. Ruth Howard. Judgment Record. (April 10, 1722)

People

Plaintiff(s):

• Bess

Defendant(s):

• Howard, Ruth

Attorney for Defendant(s):

• Bordley, Thomas

Participants:

• Beale, J. B.
• Benson, Edmund
• Bess
• Bordley, Thomas
• Chapman, William
• Dorsey, Caleb
• Howard, Ruth
• Jones, Philip
• Lambert, Anne
• Smith, Samuel
• Towgood, Josias
• Warman, Stephen

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