Petition #20382305

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started circa 1823.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas

Abstract

Zilla Dixon, a woman of color, states that Edward Stapleford, "her pretended master," holds and detains her as a slave. Apprehending that "she is entitled to her freedom," Dixon asks the court to summon Stapleford "to answer the Complaint of your Petitioner."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Depositions, Jesse Turner, Samuel Fisher, Richard Fisher, Mary P. Chezum, 24 May 1823 [Depositions are on Reel 2]
• Pages of related documents: 4

6 people are documented within petition 20382305

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 4 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 298-99
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• Hiring value (enslaved)