Petition #11000015

• Court: unknown
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi in general assembly

Abstract

Lewis Glover asks for the emancipation of his "good true and faithful servant" Rachel. Glover explains that Rachel's "good economy and industry enabled her to raise a sufficient sum of Money to pay to your Petitioner her full value."

Result: Referred to committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 11000015

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

• Legislative Papers, Petitions and Memorials 1817-1839, undated
• Record group: 47

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Purchase of freedom