Petition #11285202

• Columbus County, North Carolina. filing started November 15, 1852.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina

Abstract

William Gore and others ask to free Gore's slave Rachel because she "is very white and So little distinguishable from white persons, that it would Shock our feelings, that she Should be compelled to remain in bondage." In addition, three-year-old Rachel is "humble and obedient and of good character."

Result: Rejected.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Report of the Committee on Propositions and Grievances, 6 December 1852
• Pages of related documents: 2

11 people are documented within petition 11285202

• 1 Enslaved
• 10 Petitioners

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Citation information

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

• General Assembly, Session Records

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Interracial relationships
• White affection (enslaved)