11382102https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11382102South CarolinaCharlestonDistrict/Parish1821Petitiongranted, allowed $122.42102South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South CarolinaWilliam Ashley, "a very poor man," discloses that Emanuel, "the only Slave that he possessed," was "found guilty by a magistrate and Jury of our country and was hanged" for making "an assault with an Axe with an intent to kill upon the wife of your petitioner." Noting that said slave was valued at $450, Ashley prays that his case be considered and he be granted "such further relief than the law allows in similar cases."Execution (enslaved)Trials (enslaved)AssaultAssessed Value (enslaved)