James Richardson seeks compensation for his slave, a "very valuable Negro Fellow," who, absconded "immediately after he discovered that he was sold and to be removed to the Country." Richardson recounts that the slave, when found, was "taken and placed in the Gaol of Charleston, for which your Petitioner paid the sum of Fifty Dollars." He laments, however, that said slave was shortly thereafter "taken by the warrant of a Magistrate and tryed for Burglary, Convicted of the Charge, and was executed." The petitioner prays that he may be granted "such compensation as you in your wisdom should deem equitable and just."
Result: Referred to committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
