{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20381805","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20381805","state":"Delaware","county":"New Castle","location_type":"County","file_day":2,"file_month":9,"file_year":1818,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","end_day":4,"end_month":9,"end_year":1818,"ending_court":"Common Pleas","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Hugh Gemmill asserts that he treats his slaves \"well and with reasonable Kindness & indulgence, and has never been in the habit of purchasing & repurchasing negroes for the purposes of speculative & transitory gain, as all that know him can testify.\"  He informs the court, however, that his slave Tom is a runaway who has committed \"many atrocious & Criminal Acts.\"  The petitioner asks that he be granted an order \"to dispose and make Sale of the said negro Tom anywhere without the State of Delaware.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Freedom seekers"},{"subject":"Slave trade (domestic)"}]}]}