Petition #20380904

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started March 15, 1809.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the hono[ra]ble the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware in and for Kent County

Abstract

James Burney states that John Adlum holds or detains him "as a Servant or slave." Apprehending that "he is entitled to his freedom," Burney asks the court to summon Adlum "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Deposition, Jeremiah Baker, 28 November 1809
• Pages of related documents: 3

5 people are documented within petition 20380904

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 161-6
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Family separated (Black)