Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
SORDEN, Peter in Petition 20381502

Name:SORDEN, Peter
Petition:20381502 filed in Delaware, 1815
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:
Economic Profile:SALE - Circa 1814 - Deposition, James Sorden
TRADE - Circa 1810 - Deposition, James Sorden
Age:approx 28 years of age in 1815
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
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Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:Yes. Until age 25.
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1815. Origins of freedom: laws of Delaware; expiration of term of servitude.