11681521https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11681521VirginiaStaffordCounty13121815Legislativelaid on the table102Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaThirty-year-old Harry Minor, a barber in Falmouth, has saved enough to purchase his freedom from his owner, Thomas Seddon. According to Minor, Seddon "is willing to emancipate him." Minor asks for permission to remain in Virginia. His wife and children are slaves "to whom he is tenderly attached and with whom he wishes to remain being unable to purchase them."Sues for freedom (enslaved)Purchase of freedomState residency issues (FPOC)Skills (enslaved)