Petition #20380408

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started November 1804.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware for Kent County

Abstract

Sharper, a man of color, states that Benjamin Donoho holds and detains him "as a Servant or Slave." Apprehending that "he is entitled to his Freedom," Sharper asks that Donoho be summoned "to answer the Complaint of your Petitioner."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20380408

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 88-9
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white