Seventy-year-old Richard Warren, "much afflicted" with the infirmities of old age, seeks to emancipate "a negro woman Lettice," who has "for many years been a faithful servant of himself and wife." Warren explains that his wife has died and "that all his children are either dead or married and have numerous families, his youngest child being the mother of nine children and that he is now entirely dependent on the faithful services of the said negro woman Lettice, for the care of his house and property." Avowing that she is a woman of "uncommon faithfulness," Warren prays "that the General Assembly will pass an act to emancipate and set free the said negro woman Lettice in consideration of the before recited important Services."
Result: Committee on emancipation recommends rejection.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
