Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
LEE, John in Petition 20484203

Name:LEE, John
Petition:20484203 filed in District of Columbia, 1842
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:FPOC
Identified Immediate Family:LEE, Hickey - unknown
Economic Profile:
Age:approx 18 years of age in 1842
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:
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Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:Yes.
Punishments Received:FPOC jailed as runaway
Term Slave:Yes. Until age 15.
Freedom:Free by 1840. Origins of freedom: manumitted by will of Basil Hutton.