Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Elizabeth in Petition 20484504

Name:Elizabeth
Petition:20484504 filed in District of Columbia, 1845
Role in Petition:
Color and Gender:black female
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:BECKET, James ([Beckett]) - son
BECKETT, Elizabeth ([Becket]) - daughter-in-law of BECKET, James ([Beckett])
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Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:Yes. For 8 years.
Freedom:Free by 1823. Origins of freedom: manumitted by will of John Chew.