Petition #20377902

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started July 27, 1779.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Worshipful the Justices of the Court of Common pleas now sitting at Dover, in and for Kent County

Abstract

Jude Fisher, a free-born mulatto, states that she was sold as a slave by John Hudson of Sussex County to Daniel Cummins of Kent County. She was then sold to Thomas Shain of Kent County. She asks that the court "restore her to the Freedom she is intitled to by her Birth."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, 27 July 1779
• Pages of related documents: 0

4 people are documented within petition 20377902

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 3-4
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)