Petition #11285705

Abstract

John Gibbs petitions "your honorable body to pass an act emancipating his slaves Lucy a molatto woman and her daughter Roxanna to take effect after the death of your petitioner and his wife." Gibbs "guarantees to leave them a sufficient legacy to keep them from want or from ever becoming a burden to the public."

Result: Referred to committee; rejected.

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

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