Petition #21286106

• Guilford County, North Carolina. August 1861. - August 1861.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the worshipful justices of said court

Abstract

Twenty-eight-year-old free black Jenetta Wright makes a "public declaration" to become the slave of John Clark. She is making her request "without any fear or compulsion from any one." The court grants Jenetta's request and declares her John Clark's slave.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, August Term 1861
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 21286106

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

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

• Records of the County Court, Miscellaneous Papers, Slave Petitions

Subjects

• Voluntary enslavement