<petition><petition_analysis_number>11278902</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11278902</petition_url><state>North Carolina</state><county>New Hanover</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>26</file_day><file_month>11</file_month><file_year>1789</file_year><filing_court>Legislative</filing_court><result>House, Senate: read, referred to claims</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina</repository><abstract>John Walker seeks compensation for his slave Galloway, who was "a Valluable Tradesman" killed in 1780 as an outlawed runaway, "lurking in Swamps, Woods, and other obscure Places, committing Injuries to the Inhabitants of this State."</abstract><subjects><subject>Homicide</subject><subject>Freedom seekers</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>