{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11583809","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11583809","state":"Texas","county":"Red River","location_type":"County","file_year":1838,"filing_court":"Legislative","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":1,"repository":"Texas State Library-Archives Division, Austin, Texas","abstract":"Edmund J. Carter, a free man of color, arrived in Texas in January 1837.  He asks to \"enjoy unmolested the privileges of a citizen\" and to hold land and other property in his own name.","subjects":[{"subject":"Property owners (Black)"},{"subject":"State residency issues (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Enfranchisement\/Disenfranchisement"}]}]}