{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11683310","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11683310","state":"Virginia","county":"Bedford","location_type":"County","file_day":9,"file_month":12,"file_year":1833,"filing_court":"Legislative","end_day":11,"end_month":12,"end_year":1833,"ending_court":"Legislative","result":"rejected","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":1,"repository":"Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia","abstract":"Free black Joseph Ruff notes that he is \"one of that unfortunate class in Virginia, who neither possesses the common privileges of a free man, nor has the protection and security of a slave.\"  Citing a recent law barring free blacks from owning fire arms, Ruff seeks permission to keep a gun for hunting and protection.  His father fought in the American Revolution, and, Ruff contends, he should be allowed to possess firearms as his father did before him.  He is a land owner, and a \"peaceable industrious citizen of the County of Bedford.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Right to carry (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Property owners (Black)"}]}]}