Seventeen residents of Cumberland County seek to emancipate Thomas Malett, a fifty-three-year-old slave; six of said residents are the joint owners of the said slave. The petitioners aver that Thomas is "an exemplary member of the Church--He is Carpenter by trade, strictly upright & honest in all his dealings--and has ever evinced fidelity towards his owners." They therefore pray "your Honorable body to extend to the said Thomas Malett, the high [privilege] of Emancipation."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina