11285401https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11285401North CarolinaRichmondCounty2111854Petition1112North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaTwenty-six Richmond County residents ask that the son of James Dunn, "an honest & industrious man," be emancipated. They state that Dunn "was formerly a slave but by his energy he bought himself and then his Mother & wife and afterward his son Louis." Noting that Dunn is now "old & desires to leave his Son Free," the petitioners pray that it may "be the pleasure of the Legislature to Set him Free."Purchased own family (FPOC)owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveSeniors (FPOC)Enslaver (FPOC)Frees own family (FPOC)