Petition #20380102

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started December 3, 1801.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware now sitting at Dover in and for Kent County

Abstract

David, a man of color, states that he "is unjustly held and detained as a slave by a certain Ebenezer Turner." Apprehending "that he is justly entitled to his freedom by the Laws of this State," David asks that Turner be summoned "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20380105, #20380302, #20380315
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20380102

• 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: 406-07
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white