Petition #20378101

• Kent County, Delaware. May 17, 1781. - May 30, 1781.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the worshipfull the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now Setting at Dover this Seventeenth day of May 1781

Abstract

Peter McDaniel, a free mulatto, states that he "is held Detained and restrained of his Liberty by a certain David Peterkin Junior." Apprehending that "he is Justly entitled to his Liberty," McDaniel asks the court to summon Peterkin to answer his complaint.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20378101

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 5-7
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)