Petition #20382501

• New Castle County, Delaware. filing started June 7, 1825.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware for New Castle County

Abstract

Abraham Broom, a free man of color, states that he is being illegally held as an indentured servant by a "pretended master." Currently confined to jail, Broom "humbly apprehends he is entitled to his freedom."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20382501

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Court Papers c. 1776-1867
• Record group: 2805
• Folder: 179
• Microfilm: Reel 7

Subjects

• FPOC sues white
• Jails/Workhouses
• Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)