Petition #20382804

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started circa 1828.
• Court: County

Abstract

Margaret Harris, alias Margaret Harrington, charges that William Sipple illegally holds her as a slave. She asks the court to summon Sipple and recognize her freedom.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: PAR #20382802; Depositions, Robert O. Pennewill, William Harrington, Sarah Case, 5 May 1828; Bill of Sale, Thomas Fisher to William Sipple, 13 July 1827
• Pages of related documents: 8

8 people are documented within petition 20382804

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

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• Term slavery
• Family separated (Black)