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