<petition><petition_analysis_number>21284701</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21284701</petition_url><state>North Carolina</state><county>Granville</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>3</file_day><file_month>5</file_month><file_year>1847</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina</repository><abstract>William Wilson petitions for divorce, accusing his wife of adultery and permitting "the embraces of coloured persons."</abstract><subjects><subject>Adultery</subject><subject>Divorce</subject><subject>Interracial relationships</subject></subjects></petition>