Petition #11285202

Abstract

William Gore and others ask to free Gore's slave Rachel because she "is very white and So little distinguishable from white persons, that it would Shock our feelings, that she Should be compelled to remain in bondage." In addition, three-year-old Rachel is "humble and obedient and of good character."

Result: Rejected.

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

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