Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
REES, Betsy ([Elizabeth] [Betty] [Reese]) in Petition 20380040

Name:REES, Betsy ([Elizabeth] [Betty] [Reese])
Petition:20380040 filed in Delaware, 1800
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black female
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:REES, Henry ([Reese]) - son
HURT, Sally ([Sarah]) - granddaughter
HURT, Hannah - Family Head
HURT, William - husband
HURT, Sarah - daughter
HURT, Minta - granddaughter
HURT, Nathan - grandson
REES, Piny ([Reese]) - child
Economic Profile:
Age:approx 12 years of age
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
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Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
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Term Slave:
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1800. Origins of freedom: mother passed as free.