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Phillis (#
20185725
)
Black, female, circa 7 years in 1857
Petition #
20185725
, filed in Alabama (1857)
Status:
enslaved
Freedom: Sued for freedom in 1857. Origins of freedom: freed by right of her mother, a term slave until age twenty-seven.
Family roles(s)
daughter
granddaughter
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