Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
JOHNSON, John in Petition 20881603

Name:JOHNSON, John
Petition:20881603 filed in Louisiana, 1816
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:slave
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Economic Profile:
Age:approx 16 years of age in 1816
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:Waiter
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Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
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Term Slave:
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1816. Origins of freedom: born of free parents in the state of New York.