Petition #20378304

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started February 1783.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: [To the Wor]shipful Justices of the Court of Common Pleas

Abstract

Rose, a mulatto, contends that she "is held and Detained by a certain Robert McGarmount" as a slave. Apprehending "that she is Justly entitled to her Liberty and Freedom," Rose asks the court to summon McGarmount to answer her charge.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20378303, #20378307, #20378308, #20378309
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20378304

• 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: 14-16
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)