The petitioners sue about slave ownership and fraud. The four petitioners are Emanuel Wambuzie and his wife Ann Phebe, Ann's brother Thomas Charlton, and Samuel Green, who recently purchased Arthur Charlton's interest in the disputed slaves. In 1781 James Mumford [Munford] conveyed twelve slaves in trust for the Charlton children. In 1789, their father, Dr. Thomas Charlton, sold three of the slaves--a man named Sharper, a woman named Ursa, and her child--to Alexander Robinson Sr. The said Charlton died soon after the improper sale, and his widow moved the family to Georgia, where she died soon after. The children only discovered their rights "about three years before the exhibition of this bill." Since the fraudulent sale, Ursa has had more children and grandchildren, Alexander Robinson Sr. has died, and the slaves have been dispersed among his family or sold. The petitioners seek full details about Sharper, Ursa, and Ursa's descendants. They also ask the court to compel the defendants to return any of the slaves remaining and to compensate them for the slaves' "work and labor" since 1789.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
