Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
ALSTON, Rose in Petition 11083009

Name:ALSTON, Rose
Petition:11083009 filed in Mississippi, 1830
Role in Petition:
Color and Gender:mulatto female
Status:slave
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Economic Profile:
Age:approx 30 years of age in 1830
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Owned slaves?:
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Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
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Term Slave:
Freedom:Presented for freedom in 1830. Sued for freedom in 1830. Origins of freedom: freed by owner, E. W. Haring; Rose purchased herself from Haring; confirmed by legislature.