<petition><petition_analysis_number>11583810</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11583810</petition_url><state>Texas</state><county>Red River</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>3</file_day><file_month>3</file_month><file_year>1838</file_year><filing_court>Legislative</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>3</fpoc_count><total_people_count>13</total_people_count><repository>Texas State Library-Archives Division, Austin, Texas</repository><abstract>Forty-seven petitioners "do pray that the said Edmund J Carter may be entitled to the privilege of Citizen Ship the same being a free born man of Color for which we ever submit to your honorable Body."</abstract><subjects><subject>Enfranchisement/Disenfranchisement</subject><subject>Churches</subject></subjects></petition>