Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Mathilda ([Mathilde] [Matilda] [Martha]) in Petition 20884862

Name:Mathilda ([Mathilde] [Matilda] [Martha])
Petition:20884862 filed in Louisiana, 1848
Role in Petition:
Color and Gender:black female
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:
Economic Profile:SALE - 1847 - act of sale
Age:approx 22 years of age in 1847
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:cook; washer and ironer
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:Yes.
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:
Freedom: