Mary MacKee is desirous of manumitting "a Man Servant named Tom who has served her faithfully for many Years, and is a Sailor by Trade and who is able to get his livelihood in an honest Way without expence to any one, and is of good character." Having no children, the petitioner therefore prays that she be permitted "to emancipate or set him free at some future period whenever she may think it most expedient."
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
