21284313https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21284313North CarolinaStokesCounty2031843Superior002North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaAfter twenty-two years of marriage, Henry Shouse accuses his wife of having sex with one of his slaves, and giving birth to a child "of negro blood." He asks for a divorce.AdulteryDivorceInterracial relationshipsAbandonment