{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20380703","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20380703","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":13,"file_month":2,"file_year":1807,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"London Dury, a man of color, states that he \"is held and detained as a slave by a certain Sarah Ely.\"  Apprehending \"that he is entitled to his freedom by the laws of the land,\" Dury asks that Ely be summoned \"to answer the complaint of your petitioner.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"}]}]}