[Petition of a free black to become a slave of a master of her choice]
May 1863
Calvin, Agnes, fl. 1863
Petitions for the right to choose her master. States that since she is "a free person of Africa descent" she is entitled to "choose a master for herself and two said children," and the "petitioner makes choice of J.S.H. Hossack to become her master...
GLC08955