Petition #20380602

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started June 18, 1806.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Common Pleas of Kent County

Abstract

Charles, a man of color, charges that Charles Ham holds and detains him "as a Servant or slave." Apprehending "that he is entitled to his freedom," Charles asks that Ham be summoned "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20380602

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 138-9
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white