21383718https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21383718South CarolinaCharlestonDistrict2761837Equity2761837Equitygranted306South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South CarolinaEliza B. Prince seeks financial support from her husband, who has abandoned his family to live in "a state of vicious and illicit connection with a coloured woman" named Jemmima Jones. Eliza informs the court that she married John Prince twenty-six years ago and "faithfully and affectionately discharged all the duties of his wedded wife." She alleges that he began a liaison with Jemmima Jones thirteen or fourteen years ago and purchased her about ten years ago. Four years ago, he "entirely deserted" his wife and ten children, bought a house, and moved into it with Jemmima and her two children "in open contempt of the laws of God and man." Eliza avers that John "is an excellent book-keeper and that for several years he had earned a salary of about six or eight hundred dollars annually," but he spent most of his money on Jemmima, only occasionally giving his family small sums of money. She charges that John is about to leave the state with Jemmima and her children, depriving her and her children of their "just rights of support and maintenance from his labour and property." The petitioner prays the court to issue writs of ne exeat and injunction to stop John from leaving the state and from disposing of Jemmima and her children. She also asks the court to compel her husband to support her and "his legitimate children." [The Master's Report and Recommendation in PAR #21383923 identifies Jemmima Jones as mulatto.]AdulteryAlimonyInterracial relationshipsAssessed Value (enslaved)Abandonment