To be allowed to enslave herself. (For love.)

by Lisa Y. Henderson

LEGISLATURE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Mr. Walser, a bill, accompanied with a memorial from the party, to allow Percy Ann Morton, a free woman of color, to enslave herself.

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Weekly Standard, Raleigh, 28 January 1863.

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LEGISLATURE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Mr. Logan presented a memorial from Queen Victoria, a free woman of color, praying that she be allowed to enslave herself. (The object of Queen Victoria in seeking to become a slave, was matrimonial, she being desirous of marrying a slave, which is contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided.)

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Weekly Standard, Raleigh, 12 December 1860.