{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21284116","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21284116","state":"North Carolina","county":"Edgecombe","location_type":"County","file_day":17,"file_month":8,"file_year":1841,"filing_court":"Equity","enslaved_count":8,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":11,"repository":"North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina","abstract":"In 1830, Abner Eason, heavily in debt, conveyed seven slaves to Wright Edmondson.  Although the deed looked like a bill of sale \"on the face of it\" both men agreed, Eason argues, that the document would act as a mortgage; when Eason paid the \"money advanced,\" he could retrieve the slaves.  Over the years Nancy had six more children; and now, eleven years later, Eason seeks to \"redeem the negroes.\"  In his related answer, Edmonson denies that the transaction was anything but a straight sale.  He provides a copy of the bill of sale in support of his case. ","subjects":[{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale (enslaved family)"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale (enslaved children)"},{"subject":"Title dispute (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Assessed Value (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Warranty (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Auctions"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Swapping (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Family kept together (Black)"}]}]}