{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20381502","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20381502","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_year":1815,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","enslaved_count":2,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","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.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Swapping (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Term slavery"}]}]}