Samuel Johnston, a free man of color, informs the General Assembly that at their last session his petition to emancipate his daughter was "ineffectual" because he had failed to submit "Sufficient evidence." He now offers additional evidence with his renewed petition. Related petitions reveal that Samuel Johnson, a man of mixed race also called Sam Johnson, had been free as early as 1812 and that he had purchased his family.
Result: Bill drawn.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
