{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11483325","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11483325","state":"Tennessee","county":"Davidson","location_type":"County","file_year":1833,"filing_court":"Petition","result":"reasonable","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":12,"repository":"Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee","abstract":"Seventy-two residents of Davidson County praise Loo, \"a man of colour formerly the property of W B Lewis.\"  They \"certify that he is a person of correct deportment\" and that \"he is of humble and respectful manners and has sustained a good character as a slave and having purchased his own freedom as well as that of his wife and child.\"  They therefore \"hope he may be liberated without being compelled to leave the State.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Purchased own family (FPOC)"},{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Purchase of freedom"},{"subject":"State residency issues (FPOC)"}]}]}