{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20683112","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20683112","state":"Georgia","county":"Richmond","location_type":"County","file_year":1831,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":4,"repository":"Richmond County Records Retention Center, Augusta, Georgia","abstract":"Jacob Dell alleges that Western B. Thomas is indebted to him for $140, plus interest.  Thomas is the guardian of Rhoderick Dent, a free man of color.  In 1830, Dent signed a promissory note in that amount for the hire of a slave named Peter; Dent, however, has failed to pay said sum.  The petitioner asserts that \"by means wherof and by force of the statute in such case made & provided the said defendant then & there became liable.\"  Jacob Dell seeks relief.  [The petition is missing at least one page.]","subjects":[{"subject":"Hiring value (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Guardianship (FPOC)"}]}]}