{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20380505","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20380505","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":19,"file_month":4,"file_year":1805,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"James Collins, a man of color, states that David Carr and Casson Bowdle hold and detain him as a slave.  Apprehending that \"he is justly entitled to his freedom by the laws of this State,\" Collins asks the court to summon the defendants \"to appear to the aforesaid Charge.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"}]}]}