The petitioners ask for the emancipation of Samuel Martin, "a slave for life" belonging to John W. Thomson. Martin possesses "an unimpeachable character, and has rendered many meritorious Services." A related petition reveals that a number of years later Samuel Martin, who did obtain his freedom, purchased his wife and three children, and filed a petition for their emancipation.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi