Petition #11380007

• filing started circa 1800.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honourable Genl. Assembly at Columbia The Session for the year of our Lord 1800

Abstract

Leroy Beuford seeks compensation for a slave named John who was convicted and executed for poisoning. Beuford believes that "he has Not Justice Done Him." Related documents contain the testimony of several slaves that detail John's acts of conjuring and suspected poisoning.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Fragment of Depositions and Court Summary, n.d.
• Pages of related documents: 3

17 people are documented within petition 11380007

• 9 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 7 Others

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Citation information

Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

• Records of the General Assembly
• Page: frames 921-25
• Microfilm: Reel #2, frames 921-25

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Testimony (enslaved)
• Skills (enslaved)
• Poisoning
• Diseases (physical)
• Medical treatment
• Whipping