<petition><petition_analysis_number>20378305</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20378305</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>27</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>Sabra, a mulatto, contends that she "is unjustly held and detained as a Slave by a certain John Wood."  Apprehending "that she is Justly entitled to her Liberty and Freedom," Sabra asks the court to summon Wood to answer her charge.</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>