11681503https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11681503VirginiaCharles City21121815Legislativelaid on table114Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaEmancipated about six years prior the filing of his petition, by the "Kindness & liberality" of his late master, Robert Pleasants, free black Henry Carter purchased his slave wife and "other property both personal and real." Carter now wishes to emancipate Priscilla and asks that she be permitted to remain in the commonwealth, exempted from the emigration law.Purchased own family (FPOC)owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveProperty owners (Black)Enslaver (FPOC)State residency issues (FPOC)Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)Frees own family (FPOC)Family kept together (Black)