John Franklin, guardian of John Cage Jr., a minor, petitions for permission to sell a slave named Jack, "the only property which the Said Cage has." Franklin asserts that Jack, "aged about nineteen years, likely and Stout," has caused him "more or less trouble" on account of his being a habitual runaway. While Franklin has "done everything in his power to reform said slave," his efforts have been for naught; when confronted regarding his conduct Jack responds that "Some old negro 'had tricked him in the leg and he could not help it.' " Of the opinion "that no kind of punishment will produce reformation," Franklin believes "it manifestly to the interest of" his ward "that the slave be sold, and the money revested in other slaves or put at interest." The guardian submits that Cage concurs that a private sale would be beneficial to his advantage.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
