In Full Force and Virtue: North Carolina Emancipation Records, 1713-1860, Byrd ,William L. III. There is a wealth of information abounding in the petitions wherein masters expostulate to the court the reasons for wishing to free their slaves. Many petitions recorded pertain to enslaved North Carolina Indians, particularly women and children. Supplemental sections contain acts of emancipation by the General Assembly, emancipation laws, Quaker documents, and a fullname plus subject index. (1999), 358pp., 8.5x11, softbound