In 1816, the Delaware legislature granted Dr. Thomas Handy permission to transport the slave Violet, owned Hugh Henry, from Maryland into Delaware. Handy had hired his slave Chloe to Henry, a Maryland resident, in return for the use of Violet. Before Handy moved to Delaware with Violet, Henry died, nullifying the arrangement. Handy now seeks exemption from a Delaware law designed to prevent the importation and exportation of slaves and asks permission to bring Chloe and her children into Delaware instead of Violet.
Result: Read, referred to committee.
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
