William Evans reports that his slave Tom was convicted of a crime and condemned to death "to the Great Loss and Injury of your memorialist." Evans further states that he "on the Revival of Goverment on this Side the mountain Sued the Said Sheriff for his negroe," but his effort resulted in a "nonsuit." The petitioner "is of opinion that Goverments were Instituted amongst mankind for the protection of life Liberty & property Rather than to deprive any Individual of his Justly acquired possessions." He therefore asks that he be allowed "a reasonable Compensation for his negroe."
Result: Senate: read, referred; house; read, rejected.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
