Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
CLARK, Simeon ([Sim]) in Petition 20783210

Name:CLARK, Simeon ([Sim])
Petition:20783210 filed in Kentucky, 1832
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:CLARK, Phebe - Family Head
Economic Profile:HIRING - 1832 - Sheriff's Report
SALE - 1821 - Sheriff's Report
SALE - 1821 - Sheriff's Report
Age:approx 27 years of age in 1832
Birth:in New Jersey
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:mechanically gifted
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:ruptured groin
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:Yes.
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:Yes. Until age 21.
Freedom:Free by 1835. Sued for freedom in 1832. Origins of freedom: decree.