William Brittain asks to emancipate "a Negro man Peter Cabin which has faithfully served me this Twenty years." Brittain states that Cabin "is Now Desirous of having his freedom which I am willing to Grant for the sum of Forty pounds Current Money, which sum the sd Peter Cabin has Punctually Paid me." He therefore prays that the legislature "will Confirm the same by an Act of assembly for that purpose." Fifty-seven "Neighbours & Acquaintances" verify Brittain's statements, adding that Cabin is "an industrious frugal man and has Conducted himself orderly & honestly."
Result: House, senate: read, referred.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
