<petition><petition_analysis_number>10379301</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/10379301</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county></county><file_day>24</file_day><file_month>1</file_month><file_year>1793</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><result>read;  Senate: referred to committee</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>10</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><abstract>Thirty-seven petitioners, some of whom are Quakers, ask that laws prohibiting the "exportation of Slaves under certain restrictions, and the illegal carrying off free Black or coloured people" be strengthened and enforced.</abstract><subjects><subject>Churches</subject></subjects></petition>