{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11000011","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11000011","state":"Mississippi","county":"Claiborne","location_type":"County","filing_court":"unknown","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":11,"repository":"Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi","abstract":"The petitioners ask for the emancipation of Samuel Martin, \"a slave for life\" belonging to John W. Thomson.  Martin possesses \"an unimpeachable character, and has rendered many meritorious Services.\"  A related petition reveals that a number of years later Samuel Martin, who did obtain his freedom, purchased his wife and three children, and filed a petition for their emancipation.","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"}]}]}