{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20885274","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20885274","state":"Louisiana","county":"St. John the Baptist","location_type":"Parish","file_day":12,"file_month":7,"file_year":1852,"filing_court":"District","end_day":31,"end_month":8,"end_year":1852,"ending_court":"District","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"St. John the Baptist Parish Courthouse, Edgard, Louisiana","abstract":"Dorothée Perret, widow of the late Godefroy Perret, presents to the court that she has obtained the consent of the police jury to emancipate her sixty-year-old female slave named Marie Thérèze, without compelling her to leave the state.  She explains that she wishes to free Marie Thérèze to reward her \"good, faithful & important services.\"  She prays the court to direct the sheriff to give public notice of her intention to emancipate, \"according to law.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Seniors (enslaved)"}]}]}