Petition #20381201

• New Castle County, Delaware. May 1812. - May 1812.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Gaol Delivery in and for New Castle County

Abstract

Nicholas Van Dyke seeks permission to sell the remaining term of servitude of his manumitted slave, James, outside of the state. James dislikes farming, Van Dyke explains, and "has lately become desirous of going to sea."

Result: Granted.

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

3 people are documented within petition 20381201

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Court Papers c. 1776-1867
• Record group: 2805
• Folder: 64
• Microfilm: Reel 7

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Ships
• Term slavery