This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1838 |
| Citation: | 9 G. & J. 476 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Robert Carter |
| Short Summary: | The petitioner claiming that he was born free and was being held as a slave by the defendant. Offering evidence that he was the son of a free woman, remanding this case for the defendant to investigate the identity of the slave. |
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| Full name: | William Caton vs. Robert Carter |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |