Twenty-one citizens of Harrison County support Joseph McDonald's wish to emancipate his forty-year-old slave named Henry Moore. McDonald and the others attest that Henry "is a man of fixed honesty integrity, industry, and general good deportment and conduct and that he is respectful and humble in the presence of the white population." They further represent that Henry has, through industry and faithfulness, accumulated "a sufficient sum of money to purchase his freedom" and now desires “by paying ... the said McDonald his master his value in money to obtain his freedom." The petitioners pray that an act be passed "authorizing the said McDonald to emancipate the said Henry in the state of Texas and authorizing the said Henry upon and after his emancipation to be and remain permanently in the state of Texas emancipated and set free from involuntary servitude."
Result: Referred to committee on state affairs.
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Repository: Texas State Library-Archives Division, Austin, Texas
