{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20382112","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20382112","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_date_circa":"y","file_day":0,"file_month":0,"file_year":1821,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","end_day":0,"end_month":0,"end_year":0,"result":"","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Ephraim Boulden, a man of color, states that Benjamin Meekins, Henry Coalman, and Samuel Hunter, \"or one of them,\" hold him as a slave.  Apprehending \"that he is entitled to his freedom,\" Boulden asks that \"his pretended Masters, or Master\" be summoned and that he \"may be further relieved in the premises.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"},{"subject":"Hiring value (enslaved)"}]}]}