Petition #11380005
- Charleston District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started December 5, 1800.
- Court: Legislative
- Salutation: To the Honble The President & Members of the Senate of the State of South Carolina
Abstract
Benjamin Langstaff, administrator of the estate of John Langstaff, seeks compensation for the slave John Louis. John Louis, along with two other slaves, was convicted of treason. John Louis and Figara were sentenced to be "hanged by the neck until their bodies be dead"; the third slave, Chappelle, was to be "confined in some proper secure place untill an opportunity offers to ship him out of the State to any place out of the United States."
Result: Referred to committee.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Copy of Record of the Court of Justices and Freeholders, Charleston District, State v. Figaro, John Louis, Chappelle, 20 November 1797; Certificate of Execution, Charleston, 20 November 1800; see PARs #11379801, #11380010
- Pages of related documents: 4
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Citation information
Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
- Records of the General Assembly
- Page: frames 522-27
- Microfilm: Reel #2, frames 522-27
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