{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20379006","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20379006","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":12,"file_month":5,"file_year":1790,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","end_day":0,"end_month":0,"end_year":0,"result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Joseph Sawyer, who is \"by the Laws of the Delaware State a Freeman,\" states that Abraham Saunders, \"his pretended Master,\" holds and detains him as a slave.  Sawyer asks the court to summon Saunders \"to answer your Petitioners Complaint.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Manumission"}]}]}