21585818https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21585818TexasGillespieCounty4101858District011Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, New YorkPursuant to "an Act to permit Free persons of African Descent, to select their own Master and become Slaves," Ann Jackson, "being a free female of Color respectfully Petition[s] the Honorable District Court, to choose W. C. Lewis of Mason County, State of Texas, to be my lawful master."Voluntary enslavement