{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21285705","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21285705","state":"North Carolina","county":"Pasquotank","location_type":"County","file_month":4,"file_year":1857,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","end_month":4,"end_year":1857,"ending_court":"Common Pleas","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":7,"repository":"North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina","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.","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Trials (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Homicide"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Enslaver (minors)"}]}]}