11000004https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11000004MississippiAdamsCountyunknownreported favorably102Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi"Jerry a Man of Colour" was born a slave and asks for his freedom as stipulated in the will of Colonel Benajah Osmun. Jerry quotes the following clause from the will: "Item for the faithful services of my boy Jerry, I hereby manumit and set him the said Jerry free from slavery, from and after my decease."owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveSues for freedom (enslaved)