Petition #11382102

• Charleston District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started circa 1821.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the honourable the speaker and members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina now met and sitting in general assembly

Abstract

William Ashley, "a very poor man," discloses that Emanuel, "the only Slave that he possessed," was "found guilty by a magistrate and Jury of our country and was hanged" for making "an assault with an Axe with an intent to kill upon the wife of your petitioner." Noting that said slave was valued at $450, Ashley prays that his case be considered and he be granted "such further relief than the law allows in similar cases."

Result: Granted, allowed $122.42.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Copy of Appraisal of Slave Emanuel, Barnwell District, 23 January 1821; Sponsor: Angus Patterson, House, Barnwell District (1818-1821)
• Pages of related documents: 2

2 people are documented within petition 11382102

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

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

• Records of the General Assembly
• Page: frames 1161-64
• Microfilm: Reel #1, frames 1161-64

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Assault
• Assessed Value (enslaved)