Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
LEWIS, Louisa in Petition 21185902

Name:LEWIS, Louisa
Petition:21185902 filed in Missouri, 1859
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:mulatto female
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:George S. - grandson
DICKSON, Elizabeth ([Lizzie]) - Family Head
LEWIS [MR.] - son-in-law
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Occupation:washerwoman
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Term Slave:
Freedom:Free by 1842. Sued for freedom in 1859. Origins of freedom: purchased and freed by mother in MO; judicial decree in 1863.