Petition #21281803

• Richmond County, North Carolina. filing started June 30, 1818.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Superior Court of Law for the County of Richmond

Abstract

After two years of marriage, Jane Robinson seeks a divorce, charging that her husband William Robinson engaged in "promiscuous cohabitation with various women of loose and immoral habits" including slaves. Several related depositions reveal a pattern of unwelcomed sexual advances thrust by William Robinson upon the female slaves of various acquaintances.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Summons, September 1817; Depositions, William Powell, 22 June 1818; Alamander [?] Hunt, [22] June 1818; James Kelly, 23 June 1818; Thomas Surginor, 25 June 1818; Betsy Stansill [also spelled Stancill], 25 June 1818; Hannah Cole, June 1818; James Cole, 27 June 1818
• Pages of related documents: 9

2 people are documented within petition 21281803

• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• County Court Divorce Records

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Domestic violence
• Rape
• Diseases (physical)
• Assault
• Interracial relationships
• Abandonment