Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Pierre in Petition 21184006

Name:Pierre
Petition:21184006 filed in Missouri, 1840
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:mulatto male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:Rose - Family Head
Benoist - son
Toussaint - son
Economic Profile:
Age:approx 33 years of age in 1840
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:assaulted and jailed
Term Slave:
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1840. Origins of freedom: born of Canadian mother; Northwest Ordinance.