Petition #11285204

Abstract

Thirty-one Northampton County residents seek to exempt James Langford from a North Carolina law requiring emancipated slaves to leave the state. The petitioners purport that Langford "is a carpenter by trade and is industrious and frugal." Averring that "no one occupying his condition in society has a fairer character," they reveal that "his wife and children are slaves and he is desirous of remaining in N Carolina with them." They therefore pray that their petition be granted, whereby "you will do an act of Kindness for a deserving man, receive the thanks of your petitioners and to no wrong to the public interest."

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

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