21385934https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21385934South CarolinaChesterDistrict271859Equity000306South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South CarolinaC. D. Melton, guardian of John D. Roden, requests the court's permission to purchase three slaves for the benefit of his nineteen-year-old ward. Melton represents that he desires to purchase Charity and her two children, Harry and Selena. He asserts that he has already contracted to purchase them for $1750. He therefore prays that the court will authorize said purchase. The affidavit of Dr. J. W. Moore refers to Charity as a "breeding woman."Purchase/Sale (enslaved family)Forced reproductionPurchase/Sale prices (enslaved)Enslaver (minors)Family kept together (Black)