This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1796 |
| Citation: | 3 Md. 504 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Nathaniel Allen, Hannah Allen, Jane Allen |
| Short Summary: | Claiming that the slave was a descendant of a white Scotch woman. Concluding that freedom via descendants only applies to the children of white women, not remote descendants such as aunts or uncles. |
| Law type: | 0 |
| Full name: | Richard Higgins against Nathaniel Allen |
| Court: | General Court of Maryland |