Petition #20382503

• Kent County, Delaware. cicra May 1825. - June 1, 1825.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the honorable the Justices of the Court of Quarter Sessions, now sitting at Dover, in and for Kent County

Abstract

George Cubbage seeks permission to sell his slave, Harry Boyer, who has been accused of stealing and is "very ungovernable in his conduct, evil disposed and malicious." Believing that Boyer is "a dangerous negro to society," Cubbage asks to export "his said negro man to any place out of the State of Delaware."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Decree, 1 June 1825; Certificate, William Willoughby, Vincent Moore, William Satterfield, John W. Wallace, et al., ca. May 1825; Depositions, Outten Laws, James Medcalf Jr., William Willoughby [Willoby], Henry Carter Sr., 30 May 1825
• Pages of related documents: 11

3 people are documented within petition 20382503

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Court Papers c. 1776-1867
• Record group: 3805
• Folder: 311
• Microfilm: Reel 7

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)
• Freedom seekers
• Theft by enslaved
• Enticing (enslaved)
• Whipping
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)