Petition #20380018

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started circa 1800.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the honourable the judges of the Court of Common Pleas

Abstract

Mary Cranmer, a woman of color, states that Thomas Smith, "her pretended master," holds her as a slave. Apprehending "that she is entitled to her freedom," Cranmer asks the court to summon Smith "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20380018

• 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: 290-91
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)