{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21677901","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21677901","state":"Virginia","county":"Amelia","location_type":"County","file_date_circa":"y","file_day":0,"file_month":0,"file_year":1779,"filing_court":"Chancery","end_day":28,"end_month":10,"end_year":1779,"ending_court":"Chancery","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia","abstract":"Rebecca Bass by her next friend asks for a divorce from her husband who beat her \"in a most inhuman manner\" and forced her out of their home.  Her husband is a prosperous slave owner.  She also asks for alimony to support herself and her children.","subjects":[{"subject":"Divorce"},{"subject":"Alimony"},{"subject":"Domestic violence"}]}]}