20586112https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20586112FloridaEscambiaCounty2461861Circuit061866Chancerydisposed011Escambia County Courthouse, Pensacola, FloridaFlorida Bright, a free mulatto woman, states that "she is desirous of going into a state of slavery." She therefore asks that Captain Walter L. Cozzens be confirmed as "her future master."Voluntary enslavementCivil War, impact of