Thomas Copeland joins sixty other petitioners in requesting that the petition of Eli and William Copeland to emancipate their slave Ben be denied. They argue that the said Ben "is a person of evil disposition often having been the Instigation of disputes and Controversy betwen Neighbours and Brothers"; in addition, they charge that Ben "hath for some time been "at Liberty to Run at Large." The petitioners therefore "Hopeth that your Wise body will take the Same under your Consideration and will not grant the Petition of Said Eli and William."
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