The petition was reprinted in the September 21, 1781 issue of "Freeman's Journal," along with a letter from Cato, "a poor negro, who with myself and children have had the good fortune to get my ...

A Correfpondent informs us that a petition is about to be prefented to the affembly by the negroes who obtained freedom by the late act, praying to be heard by counfel; and as they prefented a ...