{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21285428","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21285428","state":"North Carolina","county":"Stanly","location_type":"County","file_day":6,"file_month":3,"file_year":1854,"filing_court":"Equity","end_date_circa":"y","end_year":1854,"ending_court":"Equity","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina","abstract":"Andrew Troutman states that \"his wife Catharine committed adultery by having criminal connection with one John Bennet, a free person of color.\"  Indeed, he believes, she had \"frequent casual intercourse\" with Bennet over a period of time.  Troutman seeks a divorce.","subjects":[{"subject":"Adultery"},{"subject":"Divorce"},{"subject":"Interracial relationships"}]}]}