<petition><petition_analysis_number>20382112</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20382112</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>Kent</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_date_circa>y</file_date_circa><file_day>0</file_day><file_month>0</file_month><file_year>1821</file_year><filing_court>Common Pleas</filing_court><end_day>0</end_day><end_month>0</end_month><end_year>0</end_year><result></result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>5</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><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."</abstract><subjects><subject>Sues for freedom (enslaved)</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject><subject>Hiring value (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>