<petition><petition_analysis_number>20383901</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20383901</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Sussex</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>18</file_day><file_month>9</file_month><file_year>1839</file_year><filing_court>Chancery</filing_court><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>Charles Argoe, trustee for insane slave owner Nathaniel Pointer, asks to sell a term slave named Beniah, about seven years of age, and six head of cattle from Pointer's estate.</abstract><subjects><subject>Purchase/Sale (enslaved children)</subject><subject>Diseases (mental)</subject><subject>Diseases (physical)</subject><subject>Term slavery</subject><subject>Property owners (women)</subject></subjects></petition>