Petition #20380501

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started May 1805.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas

Abstract

Jacob Gibbs, a man of color, states that he "is held or detained as a slave by a certain Araminta Graham or George Spry." Apprehending that "He is entitled to his freedom," Gibbs asks that the defendants be summoned "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20380305, #20380306, #20380307, #20380308, #20380309, #20380502
• Pages of related documents: 0

4 people are documented within petition 20380501

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Defendants
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 38-41
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white