Petition #20380105
- Kent County, Delaware. filing started December 3, 1801.
- Court: Common Pleas
- Salutation: To the honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware now sitting at Dover in and for Kent County
Abstract
Bt her next friend, Benjamin Blackiston, Priss, a woman of color, states that Ebenezer Turner holds and detains her as a slave. Apprehending "that she is justly entitled to her freedom," Priss asks that Turner be summoned "to answer the complaint of your petitioner."
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PARs #20380102, #20380302, #20380315
- Pages of related documents: 0
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Citation information
Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
- Records of the Court of Common Pleas
- Page: 7-8
- Microfilm: Reel 2
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