James, "a slave belonging to Will Armistead of New Kent county," represents that, "with an honest desire to serve this country," he served as a spy for the Marquis Lafayette. James recounts that "he often at the peril of his life found means to frequent the British Camp by which means he kept open a channel of the most useful communication to the army of the state." The petitioner therefore "intreats that he may be granted that Freedom, which he flatters himself he has in some degree contributed to establish." James further requests that "his present master shall be made adequate compensation for the loss of a valuable workman."
Result: Reasonable.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
