Petition #21282703

• Craven County, North Carolina. filing started circa 1827.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honbl the Judge &c

Abstract

Stephen B. Forbes asks permission to emancipate Lettice under the name of Lettice Slade. Lettice has been "faithful, honest & obedient." In her forties, she "has been living for several years to herself as a free person."

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

2 people are documented within petition 21282703

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

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

• John H. Bryan Collection

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Virtually free (enslaved)
• Church, right to attend