Sylvester Dunn, “of Black River,” seeks compensation for slaves confiscated during the American Revolution. Dunn declares that he “was Divested of Twelve Negro slaves by Col. John Marshall, all which were appropriated to the use of the State Troops Under the Command of Gen. Thomas Sumpters.” He further recounts that “Three of said Negroes, Ran away from those who had them in possession and came to him” and that he was arrested because he detained said slaves. Having petitioned for relief, and being denied, Dunn “made application to the Honble Legislature for redress of Ten Negroes, but being informed of the same laid over, your petitioner now comes forward, praying your Honrs to take his Case into Consideration, and Grant him such Relief, as the Nature & Circumstance of the Case may appear to your Honrs to require.”
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
