<petition><petition_analysis_number>21281606</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21281606</petition_url><state>North Carolina</state><county>Craven</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_month>9</file_month><file_year>1816</file_year><filing_court>County</filing_court><end_month>9</end_month><end_year>1816</end_year><ending_court>County</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina</repository><abstract>Robert Lisbon, a free man of color, has purchased his daughter, Evelina, and is now seeking to emancipate her due to her meritorious services.</abstract><subjects><subject>Purchased own family (FPOC)</subject><subject>owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave</subject><subject>Enslaver (FPOC)</subject><subject>Frees own family (FPOC)</subject><subject>Family kept together (Black)</subject></subjects></petition>