Petition #20380321

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started December 6, 1803.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now Sitting at Dover in and [for] Kent County

Abstract

Petitioning by her mother Nancy Durham, Phobe Steward, a mulatto, states that Richard Harrington holds and detains her as servant. Apprehending "that she is entitled to her freedom," Steward asks the court to summon Harrington "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."

Result: Partially granted.

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

3 people are documented within petition 20380321

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Defendant
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 73-4
• Microfilm: Reel 2

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• FPOC sues white