Petition #20382301

• New Castle County, Delaware. cicra 1823. - May 23, 1823.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the State of Delaware sitting at Geo.Town for the County of Sussex

Abstract

Aaron Justis seeks permission to export and sell his slave Benjamin Brown, convicted of burglary and sentenced to death but granted a reprieve by the governor. Believing that it is not possible to sell him in the area, Justis states that Brown is "now lodged in the Public Prison of New Castle County," whereby the petitioner is "incurring an unnecessary expence."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Decree, 23 May 1823
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 20382301

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Court Papers c. 1776-1867
• Record group: 2805
• Folder: 166
• Microfilm: Reel 7

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Execution (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)