<petition><petition_analysis_number>11683402</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11683402</petition_url><state>Virginia</state><county>Lunenburg</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>18</file_day><file_month>1</file_month><file_year>1834</file_year><filing_court>Legislative</filing_court><result>bill drawn</result><enslaved_count>13</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>26</total_people_count><repository>Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia</repository><abstract>Twenty-three county residents ask that Lucy Boaman, a recently emancipated slave, be permitted to remain in Virginia.  She is about fifty years old, a woman of "excellent character," and at her age, relocation would cause great hardship.</abstract><subjects><subject>owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave</subject><subject>Bequest (enslaved)</subject><subject>Seniors (FPOC)</subject><subject>State residency issues (FPOC)</subject><subject>Skills (enslaved)</subject><subject>Term slavery</subject></subjects></petition>