{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20380054","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20380054","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":1,"file_month":10,"file_year":1800,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Solomon, a man of color, states that he \"is claimed as a Slave by a certain William Banks of Caroline County in the State of Maryland.\"  He further asserts that he \"apprehends himself entitled to his freedom, by a hire into this State, since the passing of a Law prohibiting the Same.\"  Solomon asks that Banks, \"his pretended master,\" be summoned \"to answer the complaint of your Petitioner.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"},{"subject":"Hiring value (enslaved)"}]}]}