{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20982911","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20982911","state":"Maryland","county":"Anne Arundel","location_type":"County","file_day":12,"file_month":10,"file_year":1829,"filing_court":"Chancery","end_day":12,"end_month":10,"end_year":1829,"ending_court":"Chancery","result":"partially granted","enslaved_count":2,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"John Thomas and James Cheston, executors of the late James Dooley's estate, claim that George McNeir mortgaged two slaves to Dooley in order to cover a debt of $538.24, but that because of Dooley's ill health, the transaction has not yet been recorded.  They ask the court to foreclose on the equity of redemption by a sale of the two slaves, Bill and Margaret, and to subpoena McNeir to answer their claims.","subjects":[{"subject":"Mortgage value (enslaved)"}]}]}