- Written by
- Fuller, Jeremiah, American, 1810 - 1877
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- November 4, 1867
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (16.5 x 19.7 cm)
- Description
- A handwritten petition to the county court of Madison County written by Jeremiah Fuller concerning the three children of a woman named Harriet. The petition is written in brown ink on off-white, blue lined paper. Handwritten in graphite in a different hand at the top, right corner on the front is [PETITION FOR / SLAVES]. The document reads [To the Worshipful the county / court of Marion County / Your petitioner / would respectfully / represent to your worshipful body, that Harriet a freedwoman has three children, one named / Thomas, aged 7 years, another named George / aged about 5 years and the third Philip / about 2 years old which she the [illegible] Harriet / the mother wishes bound to me your petitioner Jeremiah Fuller / Nov. 4th, 1867.] On the verso, in the bottom right corner, in a different hand is the inscription [Dreary] repeated three times.
- Place made
- Madison County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- legal documents
- Topic
- American South
- Children
- Emancipation
- Families
- Law
- Motherhood
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




