Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Louisa ([Lucy]) in Petition 11081601

Name:Louisa ([Lucy])
Petition:11081601 filed in Mississippi, 1816
Role in Petition:
Color and Gender:black female
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:VOUSDAN, Ben - Family Head
Mary - wife
Rachel - daughter
Sandy - son
Mary Anne - daughter
Benjamin - son
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Term Slave:
Freedom:Presented for freedom in 1816. Origins of freedom: presented by local citizens to fulfill the wishes of her father and owner, a free man of color named Ben Vousdan.