Petition #20381810

• Sussex County, Delaware. November 17, 1818. - circa 0 .
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware, now sitting at George Town in and for Sussex County

Abstract

Hannah West and her minor daughter Sarah claim that they are being illegally held as slaves by James Jones and Job Ingram, "their pretended masters." Apprehending that "they respectively are entitled to their freedom," they pray the defendants be summoned "to answer the said complaint."

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Commission, Jehu Stockley, James Anderson, and Watson Pepper, 25 October 1821; Depositions, Jehu West, Levin M. Coston, Philip Marvel, James P. W. Kollock, Robert Barr, Josiah Marvel, John Kollock,Thomas Scott, William B. Spicer, 9 November 1821
• Pages of related documents: 0

8 people are documented within petition 20381810

• 2 Enslaved
• 2 Defendants
• 2 Petitioners
• 4 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Microfilm: Reel R79.2 or R79.3

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Jails/Workhouses
• Freedom seekers
• Slave trade (domestic)
• Swapping (enslaved)