11681802https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11681802VirginiaSussexCounty10121818Legislative14121818Legislativerejected; bill drawn11123Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaIn his will, free black Lewis Turner, deceased, emancipated his wife Aggie, whom he had purchased from Henry Chappell. Knowing that freed slaves, unless liberated for some meritorious act, were required to leave Virginia within twelve months, Turner instructs his executor to petition the General Assembly for an act permitting her to remain in Virginia. She is about forty-five or fifty years old, and had served her master faithfully until purchased by her husband.Purchased own family (FPOC)owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveProperty owners (Black)Bequest (enslaved)Enslaver (FPOC)State residency issues (FPOC)Purchased for emancipation Term slaveryFrees own family (FPOC)Family kept together (Black)