http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/details.aspx?pid=17469 Petition 20982906 Details Location: St. Mary's, Maryland Salutation: To the honorable, the Judges of Saint Marys County Court acting as a Court of Equity Filing Court and Date: Equity, 1829-March-10 Ending Court and Date: Equity, 1835-March-11 General Petition Information Abstract: On 20 August 1822, Henry Abell, "being young and involved in debt and confiding in the better Judgment and management" of his brother Bennet Abell sold 12 slaves to him for $2,500. Henry explains that the two agreed that as soon as his debts were paid by the hire or sale of the slaves, Bennet would return the rest of the slaves to him. On 1 November 1828, Bennet died, leaving a widow Elizabeth Attaway Abell and six minor children. Henry says that Bennet acknowledged shortly before his death that the debts were paid and the slaves belonged to Henry, but Bennet's widow and administratrix will not return the slaves. Henry asks the court to subpoena her and the children, to annul the bill of sale, and to return the slaves to him. Three of the slaves in the original agreement have, over the course of the six-year-span, been sold to persons unnamed. Result: granted # of Petition Pages: 4 Related Documents: Copy of Bill and Bill of Sale, 20 August 1822; Decree, 11 March 1835 Pages of Related Documents: 8 People Associated with Petition 20982906 Slaves: 12 Free Persons of Color: 0 Defendants: 7 Petitioners: 1 Other People: 3 Citation Information Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland a.. Schweninger Collection b.. Document Number 73, 170 c.. Volume: 4239-27 d.. Page: 1 e.. Microfilm: M 11026 Processing Information Transcribed?: No Book Edition?: No Record Created: 6/9/2000 Record Final Edited: 2/22/2002 Record Last Updated on: 12/18/2006 10:07:00 AM