Forty-seven Nashville residents represent "that a negro man called Bob, who now is & has for a number of years been an inhabitant of The Town of Nashville, has by his industry and economy raised money & purchased himself but cannot injoy that freedom which through his labour & perseverance he has become intitled." They therefore "hope you will by act of your Honorable body emancipate Said negro Bob giving him all the priviledges that is usually Given to persons in a Similar Situation."
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
