{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20685014","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20685014","state":"Georgia","county":"Oglethorpe","location_type":"County","file_day":30,"file_month":8,"file_year":1850,"filing_court":"Superior","end_date_circa":"y","end_year":1850,"ending_court":"Superior","result":"settled","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"Oglethorpe County Courthouse, Lexington, Georgia","abstract":"Slave traders Milledge Durham and William Brightwell purchased a slave, Abe, for $500 from John M. Cureton.  They aver that at the time of the sale, unbeknownst to them, the slave was \"an idiot & a fool or grossly deficient in mind\" and \"wholly valueless.\"  The petitioners have asked Cureton to refund their money, but he has refused.  The petitioners seek $1,000 in damages.","subjects":[{"subject":"Diseases (mental)"},{"subject":"Warranty (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Slave trade (domestic)"}]}]}