{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20379512","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20379512","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_year":1795,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Patience, a Negro, states that Peggy Handy, \"her pretended mistress,\" keeps and detains her as a slave.  Apprehending that \"she is entitled to her freedom,\" the petitioner seeks a summons commanding Handy to appear in court and answer the charge.","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"}]}]}