Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Besse in Petition 20883919

Name:Besse
Petition:20883919 filed in Louisiana, 1839
Role in Petition:
Color and Gender:black female
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:Nancy ([Nanny]) - daughter
Economic Profile:ASSESSMENT - 1839 - inventory
SALE - 1840 - inventory
Age:old person  in 1839
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Death:
Owned slaves?:
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Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
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Term Slave:
Freedom: