10182601https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/10182601AlabamaFranklinCounty14111826Petitionreferred to committee102Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, AlabamaBenjamin Perry requests permission to emancipate his slave, Tom, "said Negro having been a most faithful Industrious and honest Slave and Whereas it is the Desire of your Petitioner that he Shall obtain his freedom as a just reward for his honesty and fidelity."owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave