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495

Sept 13th

Lieut A Coats
A.A.A.G

Lieutenant
I have the honor to call attention to the following case.
Lucy Ross (Colored) complains, that in the
early part of this week, several men came to 
her house at Rock Spring in New Hanover County,
and removed by force her two children "Maria"
aged 18 years, and Delia aged 12 years, and carried them to Wilmington, where they were bound by the County Court to Mr Danl L. Russell of Robeson County and then sent to jail for safe keeping until Mr Russell could remove them to Robeson County; they remained in jail until this morning when they were taken away. The whole affair was conducted as if they were slaves. I would respectfully recommend that the indentures be cancelled and the persons returned to their mother. They were both earning wages and Maria is a grown woman.