<petition><petition_analysis_number>20382604</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20382604</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>9</file_day><file_month>10</file_month><file_year>1826</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><end_day>11</end_day><end_month>10</end_month><end_year>1826</end_year><ending_court>County</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><abstract>Joseph Buckmaster seeks permission to export and sell his jailed slave, Manuel, who, while at a neighbor's home "acted in such a manner toward a white girl about the house, as to leave no doubt on the minds of the family that his intention was to commit a rape upon her."  Buckmaster also asserts that Manuel has run away "on one or two occasions" and remained out for "a considerable length of time."</abstract><subjects><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Rape</subject><subject>Freedom seekers</subject><subject>Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>