21485746https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21485746TennesseeDavidsonCounty29111857Chancery000103Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County ArchivesDelia Larkins, a term slave, requests that a decree rendered in her behalf "be vacated & anuled." She explains that her previous petition accused William Summerhill of fraudulently selling her as a slave for life and that the court ruled in her favor. She informs the court that "Mr. Summerhill has since died & she has no cause now to fear;" that "Mr Thos R. Smith, now owns her said term;" and that "she is not afraid of being run off & sold by him." Larkins states that "she understands that decree was for her benefit & for no other" and that being the case, she would like said decree set aside. In addition, she declares that "she does not want Mr Meiss [Meigs] any further to interfere & consern himself about her."Jails/WorkhousesTerm slavery