11085702https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11085702MississippiClaiborneCounty9111857Petition0010Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MississippiThe 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.Enslaver (minors)