<petition><petition_analysis_number>20378303</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20378303</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>14</file_day><file_month>2</file_month><file_year>1783</file_year><filing_court>Common Pleas</filing_court><result>partially 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>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.</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>