{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"10384708","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/10384708","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":13,"file_month":1,"file_year":1847,"filing_court":"Legislative","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"James Wilds recounts that his \"indented servant ... was convicted on an indictment for burglary\" and was sold for $280.  Averring that a balance of $125.78 remains \"after the fine and costs were all paid,\" Wilds therefore asks that an act be passed “granting to him the aforesaid clear balance of $125.78 as some compensation for the loss of the services of said negro.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Theft by enslaved"},{"subject":"Auctions"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"}]}]}