<petition><petition_analysis_number>20380052</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20380052</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_date_circa>y</file_date_circa><file_year>1800</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><result>partially granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><abstract>Peter Williams, a man of color, states that "he is unjustly held and detained as a Servant by a certain John Brown."  Williams asks that Brown be summoned "to shew wherefore he holds and detains your Petitioner as a Servant."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject></subjects></petition>