{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20186037","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20186037","state":"Alabama","county":"Chambers","location_type":"County","file_day":17,"file_month":2,"file_year":1860,"filing_court":"Probate","end_day":25,"end_month":2,"end_year":1860,"ending_court":"Probate","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Chambers County Courthouse, Lafayette, Alabama","abstract":"Cora, a free woman of color, represents that \"she intends & desires to become the slave of said Elizabeth C Witter,\" with whom she \"has been living.\"  Cora cites her reason for \"being owned as property by her\" is due to \"the attachment and affection she has and bears to the said Elizabeth C Witter, and that the Legislature of the State of Alabama has passed an act for the purpose of allowing the same, approved on the 10th February 1860.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Voluntary enslavement"}]}]}