Petition #20379009

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started May 1790.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Kent

Abstract

Hope, a "Freeman," states that Boaz Walston, "his pretended Master," holds and detains him as a slave. Apprehending "that he is intitled to his Freedom," Hope asks the court to summon Walston "to answer your Petitioner's Complaint."

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

2 people are documented within petition 20379009

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• Records of the Court of Common Pleas
• Page: 83-4
• Microfilm: Reel 1

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Manumission