Petition #20379205

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started March 2, 1792.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Kent

Abstract

George Pinkston, a Negro, states that David Maxwell, "his pretended Master," holds and detains him as a slave. Apprehending "that he is intitled to his Freedom," Pinkston asks that Maxwell be summoned "to answer your Petioners complaint."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Subpoena, David Maxwell, May 1792; Depositions, Lemuel Cohee, Mark Foster, Sarah Rous, 6 December 1794; Deposition, Joseph Dixon, 10 May 1794
• Pages of related documents: 4

4 people are documented within petition 20379205

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: [129-32]
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Non-plantation/Non-household work (enslaved)
• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Skills (enslaved)
• Manumission