21283612https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21283612North CarolinaGuilfordCounty2881836Superior002North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaMarried twenty nine years, Nancy Anne Jenkins seeks a divorce and alimony on the grounds of adultery, drunkenness, physical abuse, and abandonment. Nancy claims that her husband, Henry Jenkins, is a man of vicious habits who treated her as if she were his slave. In fact, Henry had sold two slaves--a black woman and a black girl--who waited on him and afterwards made "unreasonable & exorbitant" demands for his wife's services.AdulteryDivorceAlimonyDomestic violenceDrunkennessSex workers/Promiscuity