Assertion: john bunch | /r/CapableOf | petition the council of virginia
Facets:
value: to allow
type: PURPOSE
value: on 16 august
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: 1705 - John Bunch, "a Mulatto," and Sarah Slayden, a white woman, petitioned the Council of Virginia on 16 August 1705 to allow them to be married because the Minister of Blisland Parish had refused to marry them (McIlwaine, Executive Journals of the Council, III:28).