Jephtha, a free person of color, seeks to surrender his freedom and become the slave of Alexander Scoggin, "a white person of good moral character and standing, residing permanently in said State." The court "ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said free person of color, Jephtha, hereafter be the slave of the said Alexander Scoggin, and belong to him, his heirs, executors and administrators under and by virtue of a act of the legislature of said State, approved February 25th 1860." George W. Gayle, a witness to said proceedings, states that Jephtha was "free from any undue influence and that he desired to surrender his freedom ... because he was subject to fits, and wanted some one to take care of him -- and that he was over the age of twenty one years."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Dallas County Courthouse, Selma, Alabama