{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20382305","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20382305","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_year":1823,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":6,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Zilla Dixon, a woman of color, states that Edward Stapleford, \"her pretended master,\" holds and detains her as a slave.  Apprehending that \"she is entitled to her freedom,\" Dixon asks the court to summon Stapleford \"to answer the Complaint of your Petitioner.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"},{"subject":"Hiring value (enslaved)"}]}]}