Britt Hines, a free man of color, asserts that in 1835 he purchased "a negro woman named Martha and a boy named Sam-- wife & son of your petitioner." He reports "that it was agreed & understood at the time of said purchase that your petitioner should emancipate and make free the said Martha & boy Sam, & also any Issue or children that the said Martha should give birth to thereafter." Being "desirous & anxious to emancipate the said Martha & her children," Hines prays that his wife and three sons may be set free.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee
