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THB1862 Petition: Free Man of Color to Enslave Himself
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LiveMar 13, 2025
Fine art includes four works by Winfred Rembert, Abundant Still Life by Severin Roesen, a portrait by Thomas Sully, a steam and sail ship painting by James Buttersworth, and a character study by Frederic Remington. Additional items include a Mouzon map of North and South Carolina, a collection of miniature boxes by Jonas Weber and the Compass artist, and a Simon Willard tall case clock. Furniture examples include a Peabody family high chest from Boston and a Virginia secretary. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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Henry Wilson's petition to the Honorable Judge Samuel Fulkerson, Washington County [Virginia], Wilson makes a plea to choose enslavement over being deported to Liberia, single page on lined paper, with Wilson's mark in lieu of signature, 12-1/4 x 8 in.
Provenance: Private Tennessee Collection
Note: Judge Samuel Vance Fulkerson was the son of Abram Fulkerson, also a judge in Washington County. Samuel was a Colonel in the 37th Virginia Infantry and was killed in action at the Battle of Gaines Mill on June 28, 1862.
A similar document requesting enslavement brought a hammer price of $3,200 at Fleischer's auction of May 14, 2024. Written requests for enslavement are, obviously, quite rare and much less frequently encountered than a simple "Application to Remain," which would preserve one's newfound freedom.
Lot 38 from Fleischer:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/173251506_free-black-woman-requests-a-master
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Private Tennessee Collection
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good overall, folds and thin fold intersections, slight losses mostly around periphery
