{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20378303","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20378303","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":14,"file_month":2,"file_year":1783,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Joe, a mulatto, contends that he \"is held and detained by a certain Robert McGarmont\" as a slave.  Apprehending \"that He is justly intitled to his Liberty and Freedom,\" Joe asks the court to summon McGarmont to answer his charge.","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"}]}]}