Daniel Perdue sues William Walker for slander and $5,000 in damages. Walker has accused Perdue of crimes, including larceny and adultery. Specifically, Walker accused Perdue of being "in the habit of getting out of bed from his Wife and going to bed to a negro woman ... for the purpose of Committing Adultery with a negro girl or Woman" and of having his slave, Carter, steal his neighbor's pigs. These accusations were made in public places of business, Perdue claims, and thereby he is "greatly injured in his good name fame & reputation & brought into public scandal infamy & disgrace with & amongst his neighbours and other good Citizens of said state."
Result: Settled.
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Repository: Greene County Courthouse, Greensboro, Georgia
