Petition #20586102

• Jackson County, Florida. March 22, 1861. - circa 0 .
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honorable Jesse J Finley Judge of the Circuit Court of the Western Circuit of the State of Florida sitting in and for Jackson County

Abstract

Henry Reed, a free person of color, asks to be enslaved. Reed represents that "he is of African descent, a free person of Color over the age of fourteen years," and that he "is tired of liberty and its ills and inconveniences." He has selected Sidney S. Alderman to be his master and asks the court to approve the appointment.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20586401; Order, 19 February 1864
• Pages of related documents: 0

1 people are documented within petition 20586102

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida

• Chancery Case Files
• Record group: Series L60
• Folder: 1105

Subjects

• Voluntary enslavement