Petition #20379512

• 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

Patience, a Negro, states that Peggy Handy, "her pretended mistress," keeps and detains her as a slave. Apprehending that "she is entitled to her freedom," the petitioner seeks a summons commanding Handy to appear in court and answer the charge.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: PARs #20379510, #20379511, #20379513
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20379512

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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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