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- GLC#
- GLC03840
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 March 1860
- Author/Creator
- Todd, Gabriel, fl. 1860
- Title
- [Petition of a freeman Edward D. Martin to be enslaved]
- Place Written
- Polk Co., Texas
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
Petition to the Texas Court. Writes that "petition further represents to your Honor that he desires to avail himself of the law permitting him to select a master and become a slave; and believing Edward D. Martin, a citizen... to be a proper person...." For related documents see GLC08955, GLC06375, and GLC09123.
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