Petition #11681419

Abstract

On 3 December 1812, Ellen Shields married Robert Dunlap, turning over to her husband two slaves--Milley and Hudson--and other property. It was not long before she was forced to leave, discovering that her husband was "criminally unlawfully and carnally Intamate with and [did] keep her the Said Negroe Milley" from the first day of their marriage. She seeks a divorce.

Result: Rejected.

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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

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