Petition #11380502

Abstract

Stephen Boykin seeks compensation for his slave Will, who was executed for killing a white man with an ax. Boykin recalls that the said Will "eloped from him and was taken up near Charleston" in October 1805 "by a man of the name of Tredwell." He further represents that Tredwell, "instead of taking the measures with the negro that the law in that case directs," made Will work while he watched over him "with a pistol in his hand." The petitioner states that Will, "observing Tredwell to be off his guard," struck him with an ax and "immediately made his escape and returned home to your Petitioner." Boykin admits that he "surrendered him up to receive the punishment that the laws of the Country in that case inflicts, and he was accordingly executed." He prays that he be allowed "such Compensation as the wisdom of your Honorable Body deem meet."

Result: Referred to committee.

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

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