{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20378101","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20378101","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":17,"file_month":5,"file_year":1781,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","end_day":30,"end_month":5,"end_year":1781,"ending_court":"Common Pleas","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","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.","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"}]}]}