{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11683704","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11683704","state":"Virginia","county":"Nottoway","location_type":"County","file_day":27,"file_month":2,"file_year":1837,"filing_court":"Legislative","result":"referred to Committee for Courts of Justice","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia","abstract":"The administrator of the estate of the late Matthew Anderson asks that Anderson's widow and children be permitted to transport their slaves to the west.  She has nine children--six daughters and three sons, the oldest being about twenty.  A friend is moving to the West, and the widow is anxious to go.  Her slaves include two women and five men.  In Virginia, four of the men hire for about $300 a year, while in Alabama or Mississippi, five men would hire for $1,500.","subjects":[{"subject":"Seniors (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Westward migration"},{"subject":"Skills (enslaved)"}]}]}