The undersigned, women of the United States above the age of eighteen years, earnestly pray that your honorable body will pass, at the earliest practicable day, an act emancipating all persons of African descent held to involuntary service or labor in the United States.
This petition reflects the collective demand for emancipation from involuntary servitude by women in the United States.
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