{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11085905","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11085905","state":"Mississippi","county":"Kemper","location_type":"County","file_year":1859,"filing_court":"Archives","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":11,"repository":"Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi","abstract":"Fifty-three citizens of Kemper County write in behalf of Gillam, a free person of color \"of good character\" and a carpenter by trade.  They request that he be exempted from the pending bill designed to drive free people of color from the state.","subjects":[{"subject":"Occupation (FPOC)"},{"subject":"State residency issues (FPOC)"}]}]}