<petition><petition_analysis_number>11381515</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11381515</petition_url><state>South Carolina</state><county>Sumter</county><location_type>District/Parish</location_type><file_year>1815</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><result>referred to Claims Committee; granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina</repository><abstract>Robert McFaddin seeks compensation for his slave, Sharper, who was convicted of rape but died in jail previous to "the time assigned for his execution."  McFaddin, thusly "deprived of a Valuable property," prays that he be granted "such compensation in the premises as you will in your wisdom seem Just and equitable."</abstract><subjects><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Execution (enslaved)</subject><subject>Rape</subject></subjects></petition>