"The Petition of James Hogg Respectfully Sheweth That at the request of a negro fellow named Ben belonging to your Petitioner He purchased a negro woman named Beck lately the property of Col James Thackston decd. & the wife of the said Ben who paid him down the price for her. Having no right to this negro woman Beck, but as Trustee for his said Negro fellow Ben who now desires she may be made free Your Petitioner thinks it his Sacred duty to make this application & Prays that the Honourable Assembly will deem it just to pass an Act for this purpose."
Result: House, senate: read, referred.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
