Petition #20379511

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started circa 1795.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dover in and for the County of Kent and the Delaware State

Abstract

"Negro Anteagua Handy" states that Peggy Handy, his "pretended mistress," keeps and detains him as a slave. Apprehending "that he is entitled to his Freedom," the petitioner seeks a summons commanding her to appear in court and answer the charge.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20379510, #20379512, #20379513
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20379511

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 137-46
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white