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- Petition by George Wooley against A. O. Roberts
- Two-page petition by George Wooley against A. O. Roberts requesting a recision of a previous contract regarding the purchase from A. O. Roberts by George Wooley of the slave girl named Ann, on the ground that the negro slave is unsound and diseased, in Fayette County, Kentucky [previous contract attached].
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- The petition of John McLean
- One-page printed petition completed in manuscript, submitted by John McLean of Liberty County [Georgia] for payment from Joseph Law for a female slave who he had "converted to his own proper use and involvement to the damage of the petitioner." Signed by Howly [probably Richard Howly] and Benj'n [Benjamin] Andrew.
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- Petition of John Gibbes, Esq.
- Two-page petition submitted by John Gibbes, Esq., to the South Carolina General Assembly regarding payment for his recently executed slave. Name of slave is illegible.
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- Petition Woman to be divorced & negro & c.
- Two document on one leaf. On front, petition dated January 4, 1709, by "Jack O [sic] Negro]" of Boston [Massachusets] to marry "Esther, a negro servant" despite witheld consent from his master, Mr. Gutteridge. On back, petition dated March 30, 1780, by Mercy Turner to divorce her husband Philip Turner.
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- [Court verdicts regarding various cases]
- Two-page undated court record of eleven cases relating to unremitted payments, giving prisoner's pleas and their verdicts. Damage on right side missing text.
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- [Petition by inhabitants of Pennsylvania for effecting change in the Constitution for the abolition of slavery]
- One-page petition, possibly dating from the 1830s, signed by eighteen inhabitants of Pennsylvania regarding the abolition of slavery. Many signatures illegible. Possibly a fragment of a larger petition.
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- Petition for making Ben public property an [sic] paying the Price at which he was valued when condemned by a court
- Two-page petition submitted by Paul Woolfolk of Caroline County [Virginia] to receive payment equal to the value of his slave, Ben, who had served as a witness in a slave insurrection trial. Woolfolk argues that if he takes the slave back into his service, Ben will "not be safe one moment against their secret enmity." Document is undated, but may refer to Gabriel's Insurrection of 1890 in Henrico County, Virginia.
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- [Petition of Remy Thiboult]
- One-page petition submitted by Remy Thiboult regarding the discovery of a runaway slave belonging to Samuel Johnson of Rhode Island, on the Schooner Corsaire docked in the harbor of St. Pierre, Martinique.