Petition #21286114

• Randolph County, North Carolina. filing started January 2, 1861.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Hon. the Judge of said court

Abstract

Married in 1849, Nancy Jane Brooks seeks a divorce and alimony, charging that her husband, a teacher, is "a drunkard and spendthrift" who has slept with his hired slave and free black women. Indeed, she testifies, he kept up "shameless adulterous intercourse with divers negroes." In addition, on one occasion, he stripped her and whipped her mercilessly.

• Number of petition pages: 7
• Pages of related documents: 0

6 people are documented within petition 21286114

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

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

• County Court Divorce Records

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Alimony
• Domestic violence
• Slander
• Diseases (physical)
• Drunkenness
• Assault
• Medical treatment
• Interracial relationships
• Whipping
• Sex workers/Promiscuity