Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Jem in Petition 20979801

Name:Jem
Petition:20979801 filed in Maryland, 1798
Role in Petition:
Color and Gender:black male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:Jenny ([Jany]) - Family Head
Tom - son
Tony ([Toney]) - son
Lidia ([Lydia]) - daughter
Celia - granddaughter
Humphrey - grandson
Economic Profile:ASSESSMENT - 1773 - Inventory, Estate of Benjamin Ramsey Hodges
ASSESSMENT - Circa 1773 - Inventory, Estate of Benjamin Ramsey Hodges
Age:7 years of age in 1773
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
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Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
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Term Slave:
Freedom: