<petition><petition_analysis_number>21285428</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21285428</petition_url><state>North Carolina</state><county>Stanly</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>6</file_day><file_month>3</file_month><file_year>1854</file_year><filing_court>Equity</filing_court><end_date_circa>y</end_date_circa><end_year>1854</end_year><ending_court>Equity</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina</repository><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.</abstract><subjects><subject>Adultery</subject><subject>Divorce</subject><subject>Interracial relationships</subject></subjects></petition>