{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20380510","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20380510","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":9,"file_month":5,"file_year":1805,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Benjamin Sewel, a man of color, states that Elijah Eliason holds him as a slave.  Apprehending that \"he is intitled to his Freedom by the Laws of this state,\" Sewel asks the court to summon Eliason \"to answer the Complaint of your petitioner.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"}]}]}