<petition><petition_analysis_number>20380107</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20380107</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>2</file_day><file_month>12</file_month><file_year>1801</file_year><filing_court>Common Pleas</filing_court><end_day>0</end_day><end_month>0</end_month><end_year>0</end_year><result></result><enslaved_count>4</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>6</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><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."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject></subjects></petition>