One hundred forty-six residents of Mecklenburg County feel themselves "greatly Harrassed and annoyed by the frequent depredations committed on our Poultry Yards by Negroes." They therefore respectfully "petition your Honorable Body for the Passage of a Law Prohibiting entirely, the trade & traffic with Negroes, for either 'Eggs or Poultry.'"
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
