Petition #11384503

Abstract

Joseph Burton seeks compensation for a slave, Abel, who was convicted of "the offence of a Rape on a white Girl by the name of Susan Fife." Burton states that "in pursuance of said sentence he was hung till he was dead, whereby your Petitioner has entirely lost his said slave."

Result: Referred to claims committee.

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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

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