Petition #11285605

• Orange County, North Carolina. filing started circa 1856.
• Court: Archives
• Salutation: To the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina

Abstract

Eighty-one "citizens of Chapel Hill and its vicinity unite in recommending the petition in behalf of Sam Morphis to the favorable consideration of the General Assembly" for his emancipation.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: See PARs 11285603, #11285604
• Pages of related documents: 0

11 people are documented within petition 11285605

• 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
• Non-plantation/Non-household work (enslaved)
• Skills (enslaved)