<petition><petition_analysis_number>20380905</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20380905</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>21</file_day><file_month>6</file_month><file_year>1809</file_year><filing_court>Common Pleas</filing_court><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>5</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><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."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject></subjects></petition>