<petition><petition_analysis_number>11086007</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11086007</petition_url><state>Mississippi</state><county>Marshall</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>12</file_day><file_month>1</file_month><file_year>1860</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi</repository><abstract>Free woman of color Ann Archie asks the legislature "to pass an act to empower her &amp; and her infant child [Julia] to become the slaves of Andrew H. Caldwell" rather than be forced to emigrate from the state.</abstract><subjects><subject>Voluntary enslavement</subject><subject>State residency issues (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>