Petition #20380027
- Kent County, Delaware. filing started circa 1800.
- Court: Common Pleas
- Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware
Abstract
Hannah, Sarah, Minta, and Nathan Hurt, people of color, state that they are illegally held as slaves by Lemuel Sappington, acting as agent and attorney for Thomas Sappington of Jefferson County, Virginia. They ask the court to recognize their freedom and summon the defendants.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PARs #20380040, #20381708
- Pages of related documents: 0
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Citation information
Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
- Records of the Court of Common Pleas
- Page: 310-11
- Microfilm: Reel 1
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