Petition #20379503

• Kent County, Delaware. December 12, 1795. - December 1795.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of General Sessions of the peace now sitting at Dover in and for Kent County this twelfth day of December Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred and ninety five

Abstract

Thomas Dennis, "a free negro" who is "now upwards of Seventy years of age," asks to be sold into servitude for a sufficient period to satisfy court costs and damages on felony indictments adjudged against him.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, December 1795
• Pages of related documents: 0

1 people are documented within petition 20379503

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of General Quarter Sessions
• Record group: 1325
• Microfilm: Reel R79.2

Subjects

• Voluntary enslavement
• Seniors (FPOC)
• Jails/Workhouses
• Term slavery