Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Mary in Petition 20784602

Name:Mary
Petition:20784602 filed in Kentucky, 1846
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black female
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:
Economic Profile:HIRING - 1845 - Decree
Age:25 years of age in 1845
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:Yes. Until age 25.
Freedom:Free by 1847. Sued for freedom in 1846. Origins of freedom: expiration of servitude; decree.