{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"10381803","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/10381803","state":"Delaware","county":"New Castle","location_type":"County","file_day":16,"file_month":1,"file_year":1818,"filing_court":"Legislative","result":"read, referred to committee","enslaved_count":3,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"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.","subjects":[{"subject":"Swapping (enslaved)"}]}]}