{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20380107","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20380107","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":2,"file_month":12,"file_year":1801,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","end_day":0,"end_month":0,"end_year":0,"result":"","enslaved_count":4,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":6,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Ruth, Rachel, Naomi, and Peter, people of color, claim that they \"are unjustly held and detained as slaves by a certain John Clark.\"  Apprehending \"that they are justly entitled to their freedom,\" they ask that Clark be summoned \"to answer the complaint of your Petitioners.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"}]}]}