<petition><petition_analysis_number>10384509</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/10384509</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county></county><file_day>27</file_day><file_month>1</file_month><file_year>1845</file_year><filing_court>Legislative</filing_court><result>House: presented, read</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>10</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><abstract>Eleven women, "inhabitants of the said state," respectfully ask "that you will take speedy and adequate measures for effecting the immediate abolition of slavery within this commonwealth."</abstract><subjects><subject>Abolition</subject></subjects></petition>