Henry Motley "is desirous of emancipating" a slave named Winney, who "has rendered not only to him but to his family in general" faithful service. Motley maintains that "were if not for the care assiduity and attention of this Slave, a numerous offspring of his father, who were left by his death without sufficient funds for their maintenance, must have considerably suffered." He further notes that Winney "thro her Industry and care and that of her husband, has accumulated some small Estate ... to become useful and necessary in her neighborhood." Revealing that Winney "has paid to your Petitioner sufficiently for her freedom," Motley asks that a law be passed "to sett free the said Winney by the name of Winney Guvenread."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
