Mrs. Clements, "a widow of very slender means," seeks compensation for "her servant named Jemmy, a very valuable slave [who] was during the late afflicting calamity at Charleston executed for conspiracy." Clements confesses that "she shared the alarm, peril and horror of that period, but unconscious herself of any offence against the State" and that she "cannot believe that the State will punish her for the treachery of her slave." Noting that Jemmy "was worth one thousand dollars," the petitioner prays "such remuneration as the character of the state and the suffering of your Petitioner may authorize and require."
Result: Referred to special committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
