Petition #20380310

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started May 7, 1803.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, Now Sitting at Dover, in and for Kent County

Abstract

Petitioning by his mother Rachel, Benjamin Sewel, a person of color, states that Elijah Eliason holds him as a slave. Apprehending that "he is entitled to his freedom by the Laws of this State," Benjamin asks the court to summon Eliason "to answer the Complaint of your Petitioner."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20380311, #20380312, #20380313, #20380314, #20380316, #20380407, #20380409, #20380410, #20380508, #20380509, #20380510, #20380511, #20380512, #20380513
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20380310

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 50-1
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• White affection (FPOC)