Petition #20380054

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started October 1, 1800.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Hon: the Judges of the Court of common Pleas & general sessions of the Peace, in and for the County of Kent and of State of Delaware

Abstract

Solomon, a man of color, states that he "is claimed as a Slave by a certain William Banks of Caroline County in the State of Maryland." He further asserts that he "apprehends himself entitled to his freedom, by a hire into this State, since the passing of a Law prohibiting the Same." Solomon asks that Banks, "his pretended master," be summoned "to answer the complaint of your Petitioner."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: [These related documents are located on Reel 2.] Deposition, Solomon, 8 May 1802; Interrogatories, 11 November 1800; Summons, Caleb Boyer, Caroline County, Maryland, 1802
• Pages of related documents: 8

3 people are documented within petition 20380054

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 402-03
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• Hiring value (enslaved)