<petition><petition_analysis_number>20379006</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20379006</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>12</file_day><file_month>5</file_month><file_year>1790</file_year><filing_court>Common Pleas</filing_court><end_day>0</end_day><end_month>0</end_month><end_year>0</end_year><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>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."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>Manumission</subject></subjects></petition>