<petition><petition_analysis_number>21200008</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21200008</petition_url><state>North Carolina</state><county>Craven</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>9999</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>1</total_people_count><repository>North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina</repository><abstract>Twenty-three-year-old free born mulatto Ailce Williams seeks to be released from her "cruel Servitude" at the hands of Peter Conway who detains her as a servant although she never signed an indenture or "any other Instrument."</abstract><subjects><subject>FPOC sues white</subject><subject>Sues to recover freedom (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>