21084513https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21084513MississippiLowndesCounty30101845Chancery1051847Chancerypartially granted; dismissed206Noxubee County Courthouse, Macon, MississippiMartha Sappington owns property separate from her husband, Samuel Sappington, and with her own funds she purchased a slave named Rebecca from Sarah E. Pool. Although Rebecca was warranted to be sound, she began displaying signs of mental illness soon after the Sappingtons took possession of her. After a few months, Rebecca "in a frantic mode ... wandered to the river fell or jumped in and was drowned." The Sappingtons charge that Pool knew the slave was unsound when she sold her. They request a refund of the purchase price and an injunction stopping Pool from removing any of her slaves from the state.Purchase/Sale (enslaved family)Diseases (mental)Jails/WorkhousesSuicideDeath of enslaved (other)Title dispute (enslaved)Warranty (enslaved)Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)Property owners (women)Insolvency