20684007https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20684007GeorgiaRichmondCountyy1840Inferiory1840Inferiorpartially granted105Richmond County Records Retention Center, Augusta, GeorgiaDavid Wolfe states that he purchased a slave, Sely, twenty-three years of age, for $625 from Joseph Woods and Charles Hatcher, slave traders. Wolfe states that the slave was afflicted with a venereal disease or the "bad disorder" and died five months after the sale. Wolfe asserts that during her illness, he incurred medical expenses amounting to $1,000 for the care of the slave. He charges the defendants with fraud and seeks $1,000 in damages.Death of enslaved (disease)Diseases (physical)Warranty (enslaved)Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)Slave trade (domestic)