{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20380310","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20380310","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":7,"file_month":5,"file_year":1803,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":2,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Petitioning by his mother Rachel, Benjamin Sewel, a person of color, states that Elijah Eliason holds him as a slave.  Apprehending that \"he is entitled to his freedom by the Laws of this State,\" Benjamin asks the court to summon Eliason \"to answer the Complaint of your Petitioner.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"},{"subject":"White affection (FPOC)"}]}]}