{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11082701","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11082701","state":"Mississippi","county":"Wilkinson","location_type":"County","file_day":5,"file_month":7,"file_year":1827,"filing_court":"Petition","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi","abstract":"John Bryce claims that he purchased at a sheriff's auction in Wilkinson County a purported runaway slave named George for the sum of $301.  When it was learned that George was in fact a free man of color named Harry Singer, also known as Henry, Bryce lost his purchase money.  He presented a claim to the county but received only $187.03.  He asks the legislature to make up the difference and pay him \"the amount actually paid into the treasury of his county.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Freedom seekers"},{"subject":"Auctions"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"}]}]}