This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1787 |
| Citation: | 2 Md. 214 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Mary Butler |
| Short Summary: | Affirming that without a conviction for an unlawful marriage, a white woman and her descendants cannot be held in slavery after marrying and having children with a negro man. |
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| Full name: | Mary Butler against Adam Craig |
| Court: | General Court of Maryland |