Freedom Suit of Thomas · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Freedom Suit of Thomas
location: Residence of Mary Ringgold
Identifier: EV_3079
first name: Thomas
age: Child
event type: Legal Proceeding
event date: 1837-01-25
notes: Subpoena also issued on 27 October 1836; result of freedom suit unknown, although no children on 1840 census
source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1837. "Summons of Tench Ringgold & Mary Ringgold, 25 January 1837. Susan v. Tench Ringgold & Mary Ringgold." Record Group 21, Entry 6, Box 569, Folder 207. As found in "O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family". https://earlywashingtondc.org/doc/oscys.case.0208.002 (ccessed 27 October 2024).
place: Washington County, DC
place type: County
party: Thomas
enslaver: Tench Ringgold; Mary Ringgold