Ben, a free man of color, set free, together with his seven-year-old daughter, by the last will and testament of his late owner, Jacob Warwick asks for an act of the legislature authorizing him and his daughter to remain in Virginia. Ben explains that not only did Warrick set him and his daughter free but he bequeathed to them three hundred acres of land. Ben explains that he is "tenderly attached" to the relatives of his late owner and begs to be allowed "to live in the enjoyment of the estate bequeathed to him by the bounty of his master, and avert the doom of Banishment."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
