White women, black slaves and the law in early national Georgia: The Sunbury petition of 1791.

Asserts that the Sunbury petition of 1791 provides a fascinating statement of the racial attitudes, political consciousness and modus operandi of elite white women in early national Georgia. Simon Munro Esq.; Billy, the slave; Thomas Stone, Billy's owner; Governor Edward Telfair; Details of the petition; The two justices, John Lawson and David Rees; Patriarchal values of Georgia's white society; More.