<petition><petition_analysis_number>20680702</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20680702</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Jefferson</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>11</file_day><file_month>8</file_month><file_year>1807</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_month>3</end_month><end_year>1811</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>nonsuit</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, Georgia</repository><abstract>Nancy Pool sues Jonathan Matthews for slander, citing $5,000 in damages.  She alleges that her good name and reputation have been compromised by Matthews when he stated that "'she has been deflowered &amp; prostituted by a Negro fellow.'"</abstract><subjects><subject>Slander</subject><subject>Interracial relationships</subject></subjects></petition>