{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20984611","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20984611","state":"Maryland","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_day":26,"file_month":5,"file_year":1846,"filing_court":"Orphans","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":8,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"The next of kin and distributees of Susan S. Gaither ask the court for permission to sell the slaves of her estate at a private sale.  They explain that some of the slaves are married and they worry that a public sale of the slaves would \"subject them to the hasard of being separated from their families and also of being sold out of the state, or to cruel masters.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Auctions"},{"subject":"White affection (enslaved family)"}]}]}