Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Henry in Petition 20783703

Name:Henry
Petition:20783703 filed in Kentucky, 1837
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:mulatto male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:
Economic Profile:HIRING - 1837 - Answer, Simon Moses
SALE - 1837 - Answer, Simon Moses
Age:approx 22 years of age in 1837
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:wagoner; horse driver
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:jailed
Term Slave:
Freedom:Free by 1841. Sued for freedom in 1837. Origins of freedom: laws of Indiana; freed by decree.