{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21283603","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21283603","state":"North Carolina","county":"Granville","location_type":"County","file_month":9,"file_year":1836,"filing_court":"Superior","end_day":11,"end_month":1,"end_year":1837,"ending_court":"Superior","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina","abstract":"In 1836, after eight years of marriage, Susan F. Phillips is driven out of her house by her husband who refuses to provide for her or their two children.  Having inherited a one-fourth interest in six slaves worth $2,400 from the estate of her deceased mother, Susan seeks an injunction to prevent her husband from disturbing her inheritance.  She also charges abandonment and seeks alimony.","subjects":[{"subject":"Adultery"},{"subject":"Alimony"},{"subject":"Poisoning "},{"subject":"Medical treatment"},{"subject":"Abandonment "},{"subject":"Sex workers\/Promiscuity "},{"subject":"Property owners (women)"}]}]}