Henny Warner, a woman of color, states that she and her children--Susanna, Sophia, Rachel, Samuel, Polly, Mariah, Goldsborough, Emaline--and her grandchildren--Sarah, Basil, Hariott, Emory, Jonathan, John--are unjustly held as slaves by William Moss, Hewitt Smith, James Britton, Frederic Armington and Elizabeth Moss, "of the State of Maryland." Apprehending that she and her kin are "entitled to their liberty by the Laws of the land," Warner asks that the defendants be summoned "to shew cause of any they have, why your Petitioner, her Children and grand-Children afsd. should not be declared free."
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
