Petition #11085702

• Claiborne County, Mississippi. filing started November 9, 1857.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives

Abstract

The friends and relatives of William Adams petition the legislature to permit the twenty-year-old slave owner "to take charge and manage" his own affairs. He has the skill and economy to do so, they assert.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Pages of related documents: 0

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Citation information

Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

• Legislative Papers, Petitions and Memorials
• Record group: 47

Subjects

• Enslaver (minors)