{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11680301","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11680301","state":"Virginia","county":"Norfolk","location_type":"County","file_day":7,"file_month":12,"file_year":1803,"filing_court":"Legislative","result":"reasonable, reported","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia","abstract":"Married in 1802 to Lydia Bright, Benjamin Butt Jr. was absent on business when his wife gave birth to a baby.  To his \"inexpressible Grief and astonishment\" the infant \"proved to be a mulatto.\"  Lydia admitted her relationship with \"negro Man Slave named Robin\" belonging to the estate of Charles Stewart, deceased.  The husband seeks a divorce.","subjects":[{"subject":"Divorce"},{"subject":"Interracial relationships"},{"subject":"Illegitimacy "}]}]}