Petition #11383504

Abstract

Peter Gourdin seeks compensation for his slave Jack, who was mistakenly shot by a “Gentleman of the patrol” who was attempting to apprehend Abner, a runaway slave convicted of highway robbery. Gourdin notes that there was "considerable disorganization" among the slaves in the neighborhood and many slaves were trying to "destroy the peace and safety of the people" so there was a concerted effort "to bring the offender to punishment and thus to set an example to other persons of his class." The petitioner reveals, however, that the said Abner escaped "by violence from the Gaol of the district" before "the appointed day of execution."

Result: Rejected.

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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

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