11286101https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11286101North CarolinaWayneCounty291861Archives000referred to judiciary committee; report unfavorable011North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaAbisha Locus, a free man of color, represents "that he is desirous of changing his status and of selling himself for life to Mr D H Bridgers, so as to reduce himself to a state of slavery and that he may have the protection and support of a master." He therefore prays "your honorable body that you would pass some law that would enable him to give legal effect and force to his desire."Voluntary enslavement