Petition #20378901

• New Castle County, Delaware. December 23, 1789. - December 28, 1789.
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the Worshipful the Justices of the Court of Quarter Sessions at New Castle for the County of New Castle

Abstract

James Black seeks permission to sell his slave Ben out of the state. Ben is "very ungovernable," Black explains; he was found stealing flour "out of the mill of your Petitioner" on several occasions, and he threatened to kill the hired miller "for making the Discovery on him."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Decree, 28 December 1789
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 20378901

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Court Papers c. 1776-1867
• Record group: 2805
• Microfilm: Reel 7

Subjects

• Homicide
• Theft by enslaved
• Management (enslaved)