Petition #11085916

• filing started circa 1859.
• Court: Archives
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of Mississippi

Abstract

Joe Bird, a free man of color born of free parents, asks to "elevate himself from his present condition into Slavery." Having lived in the state nearly twenty years, he has a wife and children and wishes to remain with them. He asks to become the slave of Robert Graham.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Testimonial, William A. Nelson, et al., n.d.
• Pages of related documents: 0

1 people are documented within petition 11085916

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

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

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

Subjects

• Voluntary enslavement
• State residency issues (FPOC)
• Family kept together (Black)