Petition #20380905

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started June 21, 1809.
• 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

Petitioning by her husband James Boon, Cub, a woman of color, states that James, William, and Elizabeth Thrawley, "her pretended masters and mistress," detain her as a slave. Apprehending that "she is entitled to her freedom," Cub asks the court to summon the Thrawleys "to answer the complaint of your Petitioner."

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

5 people are documented within petition 20380905

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 3 Defendants
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 167-8
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white