Arguing that he was freed in the will of James Campbell, Esq., written prior to the law requiring freed slaves to emigrate, Caesar, a black man, asks to remain in Virginia. His wife and children are slaves, and his loyalty to James Campbell has never been questioned. A related document reveals that Caesar was freed in October 1815, less than three months to the filing of this petition. At the time Caesar received his freedom, he was the property of Stephen Sanders, one of the executors of Campbell's will, to whom he had been sold by James Campbell's widow, Mary.
Result: Reasonable.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
