<petition><petition_analysis_number>10384704</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/10384704</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county></county><file_day>4</file_day><file_month>2</file_month><file_year>1847</file_year><filing_court>Legislative</filing_court><result>Senate: 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>"The petition of the undersigned, inhabitants of the said State, respectfully asks that you will enact a suitable law for effecting the extinction of Slavery within this Commonwealth."  Forty-four citizens signed said petition.</abstract><subjects><subject>Abolition</subject><subject>Manumission</subject></subjects></petition>