Martin Peagler states that his "slave named Spencer was executed [in] August 1819 for attempting to take his life." Peagler, "impressed with the high sense of duty which He owed society in not screening him from the hands of justice," hopes "your Honorable body will take his case in consideration & allow him a further compensation than the law at present gives." The petitioner adds that Spencer was "the only fellow to aid him in supporting his Family."
Result: Referred to claims committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
