Petition #20380304

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started April 6, 1803.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Respectable the Judges of the Court of Common pleas, for Kent County State of Delaware

Abstract

David, a man of color, states that Nathan Baynard of Queen Anne's County, Maryland, claims him as a slave. Apprehending that he is "Clearly entitled to his freedom," David asks that Baynard be summoned "to show Cause if any he has, why your Petitioner should not be declared a free man."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20380304

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 34-5
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white
• Slave trade (domestic)