Fifty-seven citizens of Orange Parish "consider themselves much aggriev'd on account of the Deficiency that to us appears in the present System of Law, in respect of Negro Slaves." They argue that the present statutes "only goes to punish for theft, by whipping Branding or cropping, and allows nothing by way of restitution, by which many poor Families become Sufferers in the Loss of Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Bacon Clothing &c." They therefore pray that their case be taken into consideration and that a law be passed "compelling owners of Slaves to make compensation for any thing Stolen by their Slaves."
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
