<petition><petition_analysis_number>20379516</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20379516</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>11</file_day><file_month>12</file_month><file_year>1795</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><end_month>12</end_month><end_year>1795</end_year><ending_court>County</ending_court><result>rejected</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>1</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><abstract>Isaac Jessops, a "free negro," asks to be sold into servitude for a sufficient period to satisfy court costs and damages on three felony indictments adjudged against him.</abstract><subjects><subject>Voluntary enslavement</subject><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Term slavery</subject></subjects></petition>