Ann Rose, the "bosom friend" of the late Walter Robertson, and Margaret Rose, her daughter by the said Walter, represent that they "were Slaves to the late Walter Robertson." They further report that "they petitioned the Court of Halifax, which said Court are of Opinion, that your Petitioners ought to be free, under a late Act of Assembly, as the said Court conceive it to be the desire of the said Walter, as declared by his said Will" and the said Court "did order that your Petitioners should become free persons." The petitioners admit, however, that "Doubts have arisen, with respect to the Legallity of the order of the said Court." They therefore pray "that your honourable House, will Enact a Law that shall secure to us our Freedom."
Result: Reasonable.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
