Phillip Thompson, a free person of color, seeks the emancipation of his sister Eliza and her two sons. He declares that he and Eliza "were born slaves for life, and that he has, with the fruits of his own labor, purchased his own freedom and the title to the slaves aforesaid." He further argues "that his object for purchasing Eliza and her children was to secure their emancipation, and having now paid for them he is anxious to carry out this intention." Thompson "would humbly pray your Worships to make a decree emancipating the said Eliza and her two children Wallace and Henry, and that they be restored to all the rights and privileges of free persons of color in as full and ample a manner as if they had been born free."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee
