{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"10583901","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/10583901","state":"Florida","county":"Monroe","location_type":"County","file_day":8,"file_month":12,"file_year":1836,"filing_court":"Petition","result":"offered, read, yeas 15, nays 8, laid on table","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida","abstract":"Because of her husband's cruel and harsh treatment, Eliza Patterson seeks a divorce from Alexander Patterson of Key West.  Shortly after their marriage in December 1832, Alexander brought a seventeen-year-old girl into their house and lived with her in \"criminal connection.\"  He also forced Eliza to sign a bill of sale for her slave, \"her private property, of the value of $300.\"   She asks for a divorce, the return of her slave, the return of household furniture worth $1,000, and proper support for herself and her child.","subjects":[{"subject":"Adultery"},{"subject":"Divorce"},{"subject":"Alimony"},{"subject":"Domestic violence"}]}]}