Petition #11285610

Abstract

Sixty-nine Northampton County residents ask that Anthony Copeland, Warren Boon, and Joshua Small, "all free persons of color," be allowed to remain in the state. They assert that the three men of color are "industrious, honest and law abiding people" and that Copeland, a brick mason by trade, and Boon moved from Virginia to North Carolina during the 1840s; Small, a North Carolina native, moved to Virginia and then returned to his home state with his wife after 1844. Avowing that the free men of color "did not know they were violating the laws of the State," the petitioners pray "your body to enact a law authorising and empowering Joshua Small & wife Polly, Robert & Elizabeth Small their children, Anthony Copeland and Warren Boon to have and enjoy a residence in your state."

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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

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