{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11382702","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11382702","state":"South Carolina","county":"","file_day":21,"file_month":11,"file_year":1827,"filing_court":"Petition","result":"rejected","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina","abstract":"John McFaddin, executor of the estate of Thomas Cubbage, requests the manumission of Amelia.  McFaddin states that his testator \"did bequeath to his aged & faithful servant Amelia not only her freedom but also sundry goods & chattels particularly for her kind & unwearied care & attention to him during a distressing & protracted illness which terminated in his death.\"  The petitioner therefore prays that an act be passed \"manumitting the said negro Woman Amelia & invest her with the goods & chattels bequeathed her.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Bequest (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Seniors (enslaved)"}]}]}