{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11085917","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11085917","state":"Mississippi","county":"Tippah","location_type":"County","file_year":1859,"filing_court":"Archives","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":1,"repository":"Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi","abstract":"Free black man William Jackson states that \"he is desirous under the late law passed\" by the legislature \"of going into slavery upon condition that he may elect his owner.\"  The white man he elects to become property of is James T. Craig.","subjects":[{"subject":"Voluntary enslavement"},{"subject":"State residency issues (FPOC)"}]}]}