Petition #20380302

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started November 29, 1803.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dover in and for the County of Kent in the State of Delaware

Abstract

Charles Browning, a man of color, states that he "is unjustly held and Detained as a slave" by Nathaniel Glenn of Maryland and Ebenezer Turner of Delaware. Apprehending that "he is Justly entitled to his freedom," Browning asks that the defendants be summoned "to shew cause why they hold your Petitioner as a Slave."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20380102, #20380105, #20380315
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20380302

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 32-33
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white