{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20684006","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20684006","state":"Georgia","county":"Laurens","location_type":"County","file_date_circa":"y","file_year":1840,"filing_court":"Superior","end_day":4,"end_month":3,"end_year":1841,"ending_court":"Superior","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":4,"repository":"Laurens County Courthouse, Dublin, Georgia","abstract":"Charles Payne states that Charles B. Guyton and Thomas A. Guyton, traders, owe him $100, plus interest, for the hire of a \"Negro man.\"  Payne avers that the defendants refuse to pay their debt and return the slave.  He seeks $200 in damages.","subjects":[{"subject":"Ships"},{"subject":"Non-plantation\/Non-household work (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Hiring value (enslaved)"}]}]}