Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
JACKSON, Francis ([Frank]) in Petition 21685105

Name:JACKSON, Francis ([Frank])
Petition:21685105 filed in Virginia, 1851
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:JACKSON, Sarah - Family Head
JACKSON, Elijah - husband
Economic Profile:
Age:approx 33 years of age in circa 1853
Birth:in Pennsylvania
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:plays the fiddle
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:weak mind; stammers; deformed finger
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:Yes.
Punishments Received:jailed as runaway
Term Slave:
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1851. Origins of freedom: born free.