Petition #20382408

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started April 14, 1824.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware

Abstract

Charles Smith, a man of color, charges that Daniel Walker, "his pretended master," holds him as a slave. Apprehending "that he is entitled to his freedom," Smith asks that Walker be summoned "to answer the complaint of your Petitioner."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Depositions, John Voshell, Augustus Short, 17 December 1824; Deposition, Daniel Hayden [Haden], 18 December 1824
• Pages of related documents: 8

5 people are documented within petition 20382408

• 3 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 324-35
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Seniors (FPOC)
• FPOC sues white