20380510https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20380510DelawareKentCounty951805Common Pleaspartially granted103Delaware State Archives, Dover, DelawareBenjamin 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."Sues for freedom (enslaved)FPOC sues white