{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11381515","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11381515","state":"South Carolina","county":"Sumter","location_type":"District\/Parish","file_year":1815,"filing_court":"Petition","result":"referred to Claims Committee; granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina","abstract":"Robert McFaddin seeks compensation for his slave, Sharper, who was convicted of rape but died in jail previous to \"the time assigned for his execution.\"  McFaddin, thusly \"deprived of a Valuable property,\" prays that he be granted \"such compensation in the premises as you will in your wisdom seem Just and equitable.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Execution (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Rape"}]}]}