This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1855 |
| Citation: | 7 Md. 453 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Rhody and Crissy |
| Short Summary: | Arguing if consent of the manumitted slave is necessary in light of the act of 1831 declaring that any manumitted slave can be free and that a manumittor is liable for support for a slave not able to take care of themselves. Affirming freedom, no consent to freedom is necessary. |
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| Full name: | Thomas Tongue vs. Negroes Crissy, Rhody and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |