Petition #20382507

• Kent County, Delaware. May 1825. - circa 0 .
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware in and for Kent County

Abstract

Minus Brown, a man of color, charges that George Magee, "his pretended master," holds and detains him as a slave. Apprehending that "he is entitled to his freedom," Brown asks that Magee be summoned "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20382508; Deposition, John Noble, Sussex County, 12 December 1825
• Pages of related documents: 2

4 people are documented within petition 20382507

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 338-43
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Slave trade (domestic)