11083002https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11083002MississippiJeffersonCounty811830Petition118Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MississippiCitizens of Jefferson County support Theodore Richey's petition to emancipate Ama, who, they say, "is and always has been remarkably honest, faithful and trust worthy." Neither the state nor any citizen would suffer any inconvenience if the emancipation were granted, they state.owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveFamily kept together (Black)