Petition #10384915

• filing started January 16, 1849.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware:

Abstract

Two hundred forty-three petitioners, "votable citizens of the State of Delaware respectfully ask that you will enact such laws, as in your wisdom, may be deemed necessary for the immediate abolition of slavery in Delaware, with least possible injury to vested rights."

• Number of petition pages: 11
• Pages of related documents: 0

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• General Assembly, Legislative Papers
• Page: 510-520
• Microfilm: 510-520

Subjects

• Abolition
• Manumission