Petition #10381819

• filing started January 13, 1818.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware

Abstract

Roger Wright moved from Maryland into Delaware and "previous to his removal became possessed of" four slaves, "which by the Laws of Delaware he could not remove." "Wishing to remove them into the State of Delaware," Wright "humbly requests the Legislature to grant him authority, by a special Act, for that purpose."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: James Houston to the Delaware Senate and House, 21 January 1818
• Pages of related documents: 3

6 people are documented within petition 10381819

• 4 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• General Assembly, Legislative Papers
• Record group: 1111
• Page: 474-478
• Microfilm: 474-478

Subjects

• Term slavery