{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11085907","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11085907","state":"Mississippi","county":"Copiah","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":"Residents of Copiah County say that free person of color John Hunter \"universally has always deported himself in an humble and praise worthy manner.\"  He is a carpenter by trade.  They request that he be exempted from the pending bill designed to drive free people of color from the state.color from the state.","subjects":[{"subject":"Occupation (FPOC)"},{"subject":"State residency issues (FPOC)"}]}]}