In 1836, after eleven years of marriage, Sarah Ramsay's husband abandoned her, sold most of their property, and moved to Georgia with another woman. Now he is back, accusing her of adultery and threatening to take the three slaves--a black woman and her two children--that she has purchased with her own money. Although she turned over title to the slaves to her brother, Henry Mull, she is informed that her action does not protect her from a claim by her husband. She asks that the slaves be sequestered until she can obtain a decree for alimony. Her divorce case, she notes, is now pending.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
