Petition #20381502

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started circa 1815.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the [Sta]te of Delaware in and for Kent County

Abstract

Peter Sorden, a man of color, states that the widow of Thomas Primrose holds him as a slave. Apprehending that he is "entitled to his freedom by the laws of this State," Sorden asks that Primrose be summoned "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Deposition, James Sorden, 2 December 1815
• Pages of related documents: 3

5 people are documented within petition 20381502

• 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: 378-79
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Swapping (enslaved)
• Term slavery