{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"10382405","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/10382405","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":20,"file_month":1,"file_year":1824,"filing_court":"Petition","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Free man of color Martin Dehorty was convicted of a felony and sold by the sheriff of Kent County for a term of three years.  The money from the sale went to the state treasury.  Before his arrest and trial, Dehorty owed Thomas Simpson debts totaling $46.  Simpson seeks repayment of the debt.","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Term slavery"}]}]}