Petition #20382303

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started circa 1823.
• Court: County

Abstract

Louisa and William Bayard, people of color, state that Robert Dawson, their pretended master, detains them as slaves. Apprehending that they are entitled to their freedom, the Bayards ask that Dawson be summoned to answer the complaint of your petitioners.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: PARs #20382212, #20382213; Oath, Mary, 24 May 1823; Affidavit, Mark Cooper, 19 May 1823; Depositions, John Killen, Ann W. Broadaway, Mark G. Cooper, Jonathan George, 24 May 1823; Deposition, John Cooper, 30 May 1823; Depositions, John B. and Brittania Reed, Mary Jarvis, Elizabeth Faulkner, Samuel Rush, 24 May 1823; Deposition, Samuel Rich, 1 December 1823
• Pages of related documents: 19

9 people are documented within petition 20382303

• 2 Enslaved
• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Defendant
• 2 Petitioners
• 4 Others

Or you may view all people.

Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Term slavery
• Family separated (Black)
• Family kept together (Black)