Petition #20380703

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started February 13, 1807.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware in and for Kent County

Abstract

London Dury, a man of color, states that he "is held and detained as a slave by a certain Sarah Ely." Apprehending "that he is entitled to his freedom by the laws of the land," Dury asks that Ely be summoned "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

Result: Partially granted.

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

2 people are documented within petition 20380703

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 144-5
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white