Petition #21285705

• Pasquotank County, North Carolina. April 1857. - April 1857.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Court aforesaid

Abstract

The joint owners of Jerry, a slave tried for murder and convicted of manslaughter, explain that there "is some excitement against the negro." They ask that he be sold out of the state, and that the proceeds be divided among the owners, who are minors.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, 1857
• Pages of related documents: 1

7 people are documented within petition 21285705

• 1 Enslaved
• 4 Petitioners
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• Records of the County Court, Slaves and Free Persons of Color 1733-1866

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Trials (enslaved)
• Homicide
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Enslaver (minors)