Joseph Dutton of Sussex County, Delaware, recounts that he "recently became possessed of a certain female slave named Rachel, late the property of General William Potter of Caroline County State of Maryland." He therefore prays that a pass be passed "authorising him to bring the said negro woman Rachel from the State of Maryland into this State and to hold her as a Slave for the term of ten years from the passing of such act."
Result: Senate: presented, read, reported.
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware