Lewis, "a man of Color," represents that "he was the property of William Graham Esquire ... and was by him (amongst others of his slave property) [directed] in his will to be emancipated." Noting that Graham's executors "have performed the trust confided to them," Lewis laments that "the act of assembly require for them to leave the State." He further submits that "he is now getting old" and that "he has a wife & several children, from whom he feels a great hardship to be separated." The petitioner therefore "prays that your Honorable body would ... so modify the Law, that he might be permitted to remain in this State."
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
