20379506https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20379506DelawareKentCounty10121795County011Delaware State Archives, Dover, DelawareJailed on a felony charge, Samuel Legg asserts his innocence. No one has appeared to "prosecute against him," he says, and no one ever will. He therefore asks the court to be released and sold into slavery to pay the costs incurred by his confinement.Voluntary enslavementJails/WorkhousesTerm slavery