Petition #11483904

Abstract

Washington Henshaw joins his wife Jane in seeking the emancipation of Gilbert, a thirty-five-year-old slave who “has been privileged with the control of his own services and wages arising therefrom, until he has, by his providant management paid your petitioners the price set upon his freedom." The Henshaws report that Gilbert and his wife Lucy, "who has been indulged with her liberty, by her owner, the Revd. Saml W. Doak," have "lived for some years, in their own hired tenement, without restraint, upon their liberty, from any person whatsoever -- that during this time they have given satisfactory proof, by their industry morality and unoffending conduct, that they are qualified to appreciate the blessings of liberty, without the danger of its abuse." The petitioners therefore pray that Gilbert be freed, "with the privilege of remaining in the state."

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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee

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