<petition><petition_analysis_number>20380505</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20380505</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>19</file_day><file_month>4</file_month><file_year>1805</file_year><filing_court>Common Pleas</filing_court><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><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."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject></subjects></petition>