<petition><petition_analysis_number>20379701</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20379701</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>New Castle</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>23</file_day><file_month>5</file_month><file_year>1797</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><end_day>23</end_day><end_month>5</end_month><end_year>1797</end_year><ending_court>County</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><abstract>John Stilley Jr. asserts that his slave Philip is "Turbulent and Unruly."  Stilley recounts how Philip ran away on several occasions, jumped on him "with great rage and Knocked [him] down with his fist," and threatened to shoot him with his rifle.  With Phillip confined to jail, Stilley asks to sell him out of the state.</abstract><subjects><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Freedom seekers</subject><subject>Assault</subject><subject>Insubordination</subject><subject>Management (enslaved)</subject><subject>Whipping</subject></subjects></petition>