Petition #20383901

• Sussex County, Delaware. filing started September 18, 1839.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the Hon. Chancellor of the State of Delaware

Abstract

Charles Argoe, trustee for insane slave owner Nathaniel Pointer, asks to sell a term slave named Beniah, about seven years of age, and six head of cattle from Pointer's estate.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20383903, #20384402, #20384802
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20383901

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Chancery Court, Case Files
• Record group: 4835
• Folder: 258

Subjects

• Purchase/Sale (enslaved children)
• Diseases (mental)
• Diseases (physical)
• Term slavery
• Property owners (women)