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