20184506https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20184506AlabamaChambersCounty331845Chancery51845Chancerydismissed103Chambers County Courthouse, Lafayette, AlabamaIn 1842, a branch of the Bank of Alabama secured a judgment of $553 against John A. Wicker, who had signed a promissory note with James Brooks and William W. Carlisle as security. To pay the judgment, Wicker borrowed $195 from Brooks, in the process mortgaging "a Certain Negro boy a Slave by the Name of Bob about twenty one years old." It was well understood between them, Wicker writes, that the conveyance, although on its face a bill of sale, was intended "merely as a mortgage." When Wicker paid the debt, however, Brooks refused to return the slave. Wicker seeks "adequate relief."Mortgage value (enslaved)Assessed Value (enslaved)