<petition><petition_analysis_number>20380516</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20380516</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>22</file_day><file_month>4</file_month><file_year>1805</file_year><filing_court>Common Pleas</filing_court><result>partially granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><abstract>Affey White, a woman of color, states that she "is held or detained as a Servant or slave by a certain George Dehorty."  Apprehending that "she is entitled to her freedom," White asks that Dehorty be summoned "to answer the Complaint of your Petitioner."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject></subjects></petition>