Petition #11382219

Abstract

William Kunhard relates that he is the owner of a “healthy strong and robust” slave named Seymour who "was apprehended in July last for being concerned in the recent attempt at Insurrection in the City of Charleston." He further states that said Seymour was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death but that the governor "committed his punishment to Transportation beyond the limits of the United States;" Seymour is "now in confinement awaiting the departure of some vessel in which he will be sent away." Kunhard reveals that said Seymour "was only three months the property of your Petitioner," that he purchased him for $450, and that he "will be compelled to incur a further expense in his Transportation." The petitioner therefore prays "that the circumstances of his case may be taken into consideration of your Honorable Body and that a reasonable compensation may be accorded to him for the loss which he has sustained."

Result: Referred to a special committee.

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

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