Petition #11681521

• Stafford County, Virginia. filing started December 13, 1815.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Speaker and House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Abstract

Thirty-year-old Harry Minor, a barber in Falmouth, has saved enough to purchase his freedom from his owner, Thomas Seddon. According to Minor, Seddon "is willing to emancipate him." Minor asks for permission to remain in Virginia. His wife and children are slaves "to whom he is tenderly attached and with whom he wishes to remain being unable to purchase them."

Result: Laid on the table.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Certificate, Robert Dunbar, et al., 20 November 1815; Certificate, Thomas Seddon, ca. 1815; List of Subscribers, Fredericksburg, ca. 1815
• Pages of related documents: 2

2 people are documented within petition 11681521

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

• Legislative Petitions

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Purchase of freedom
• State residency issues (FPOC)
• Skills (enslaved)