<petition><petition_analysis_number>10182606</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/10182606</petition_url><state>Alabama</state><county>Lawrence</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>23</file_day><file_month>11</file_month><file_year>1826</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><result>bill reported</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama</repository><abstract>David Leech seeks to emancipate his "Negroe Man Slave named Ned now about twenty one years of age, who is of good moral character + hath served Your Petitioner with great fidelity + attention."</abstract><subjects><subject>owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave</subject></subjects></petition>