Petition #11383805

• Richland District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started circa 1838.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable Senate & House of Representatives

Abstract

"By a Long life of Care and industry," James Paterson, a free person of color, purchased his wife, Sarah, and his two children, George and Mary. Paterson seeks exemption from the law prohibiting the manumission of slaves and requests permission to free his family, "so that the honest industry, the unwearied pains and untiring efforts of a Father & Husband may not be lossed to him entirely."

Result: Rejected.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Statement of Support, William M. Kennedy, et al., ca. 1838; Sponsor: Benjamin Thomas Elmore, Richland District, House (1836-1839)
• Pages of related documents: 1

4 people are documented within petition 11383805

• 1 Free person of color
• 3 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

• Records of the General Assembly
• Page: frames 394-96
• Microfilm: Reel #1, frames 394-396

Subjects

• Purchased own family (FPOC)
• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• Frees own family (FPOC)