Petition #21281808

• Craven County, North Carolina. cicra 1818. - circa 0 .
• Court: County
• Salutation: To the worshipfull the Justices of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Craven

Abstract

James Green, a free person of color, purchased his mother Violet and his brother Rigdon Green, and now seeks to free them as an "act of duty and piety."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 21281808

• 1 Free person of color
• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• Records of the County Court, Slaves and Free Negroes 1775-1861

Subjects

• Purchased own family (FPOC)
• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• Purchased for emancipation
• Frees own family (FPOC)
• Family separated (Black)
• Family kept together (Black)