{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11278102","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11278102","state":"North Carolina","county":"Franklin","location_type":"County","file_day":18,"file_month":6,"file_year":1781,"filing_court":"Petition","result":"referred to committee","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":1,"repository":"North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina","abstract":"On behalf of a committee representing Franklin County, John Robinson tells of the tax burdens of local residents. He laments that \"Black Slave Children\" are taxed high while still a charge to their owners and that \"young grown Men of ₤100 value able to work for their Living at a less rate than a Black Suckling.\"  Robinson seeks relief.","subjects":[{"subject":"Taxation (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Militias\/Patrols"}]}]}