Petition #20380055

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started circa 1800.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the respectable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas & general Sessions of the peace, in and for the County and State afsd

Abstract

Sylvia, a woman of color, states that William Wilson of Maryland claims her as a slave. Apprehending "herself entitled to her freedom, by Importation into this State contrary to Law," Sylvia asks that Wilson be summoned "to answer the complaint of your Petitioner."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, 29 December 1800
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20380055

• 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: 404-05
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white