{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20680404","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20680404","state":"Georgia","county":"Jefferson","location_type":"County","file_date_circa":"y","file_year":1804,"filing_court":"Superior","end_day":20,"end_month":3,"end_year":1805,"ending_court":"Superior","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, Georgia","abstract":"John Pettit alleges that \"he hath been injured & damaged by James Neely.\"  Pettit insists that his long-enjoyed stellar reputation has been slandered by Neely's accusations that he has harbored a runaway Negro slave girl, recently purchased by Neely.  Pettit sues for $10,000 in damages.","subjects":[{"subject":"Slander"},{"subject":"Concealing (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Freedom seekers"}]}]}