{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11085919","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11085919","state":"Mississippi","county":"Itawamba","location_type":"County","file_year":1859,"filing_court":"Archives","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":1,"repository":"Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi","abstract":"Billard Filmore, a free man of color, seeks a special act making him a slave for life to James J. Lindsey, a lawyer in the town of Fulton.  At a recent court session, Filmore was charged with the attempted murder of a slave.  He was desirous of procuring counsel in his defense and was \"looking to the law recently passed by your Honorable body respecting free Mulattos in Said State.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Voluntary enslavement"},{"subject":"State residency issues (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Assault"}]}]}