John Warren reports that John, "formerly the property of Mr. Wigfall," called upon "your subscriber ... with a Sum of money the savings of his industry; and beg'd him to advance in addition thereto, a Sufficiency to purchase Said Slave, with a View to his Manumission." Warren reveals that he complied with John's request and purchased him when he "was offered for Sale in February last." The petitioner now prays "your honourable Body to enable him to fulfill the trust reposed in him, by enacting such a law as will be adapted to his Case and not prove inconsistent with the interest and Safety of the State."
Result: Referred to select committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina