Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
BUTLER, James in Petition 11681002

Name:BUTLER, James
Petition:11681002 filed in Virginia, 1810
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:
Economic Profile:SALE - Circa 1805 - petition
Age:old person  in 1810
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:miller
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1810. Origins of freedom: self purchase.