<petition><petition_analysis_number>11380007</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11380007</petition_url><state>South Carolina</state><county></county><file_year>1800</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><enslaved_count>9</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>17</total_people_count><repository>South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina</repository><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.</abstract><subjects><subject>Execution (enslaved)</subject><subject>Trials (enslaved)</subject><subject>Testimony (enslaved)</subject><subject>Skills (enslaved)</subject><subject>Poisoning </subject><subject>Diseases (physical)</subject><subject>Medical treatment</subject><subject>Whipping</subject></subjects></petition>