21283109https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21283109North CarolinaGranvilleCounty2031831Superior013North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaIn 1823, after six years of marriage, Charles Mitchell discovered that his wife Susan was "engaged in a shameful and adulterous intercourse with one Jo Proctor a freeman of color." Mitchell left his wife, and moved to Milton, North Carolina. Later, he learned that she and Proctor began a journey to Georgia, but for some reason abandoned their plans. She then followed him to Milton, took up residence "in the suburbs," and, for two years, "engaged in a course of shameless prostitution." He seeks a divorce.AdulteryDivorceInterracial relationshipsAbandonment Sex workers/Promiscuity