Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
MARTIN, James in Petition 20782806

Name:MARTIN, James
Petition:20782806 filed in Kentucky, 1828
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:mulatto male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:MARTIN, Celia - Family Head
Economic Profile:
Age:approx 10 years of age in 1828
Birth:in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:horse jockey
Skills:
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1827. Origins of freedom: born of a free mulatto mother.