Petition #11283302

• Cumberland County, North Carolina. filing started November 22, 1833.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honourable the General Assembly of North Carolina

Abstract

Joseph Hostler, a barber in Fayetteville belonging to the estate of David Smith, reports that Smith allowed him "to purchase his own freedom" and that he has "paid to the said Smith & his Executrix ... the full sum of Five hundred Dollars, the sum required of him"; he also states that he has paid $96 "per year for about Four years and a half." The petitioner therefore "prays that he may be emancipated and admitted to the privileges of free men of Colour in this state."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Report of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances, ca. 1833; Bill of Emancipation for Joseph Hostler a slave, n.d.; Receipt of Sophia L. Smith, Executrix, 1832; Testimonial of Citizens of Fayetteville, 6 November 1833
• Pages of related documents: 11

4 people are documented within petition 11283302

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• General Assembly, Session Records, House Committee Reports, Miscellanous Private Bills, November 1833--January 1834

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Purchase of freedom
• Virtually free (enslaved)
• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Skills (enslaved)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Purchased for emancipation
• Insolvency