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Sylvia (#
11082304
)
Black, female, old person in 1824
Petition #
11082304
, filed in Mississippi (1824)
Status:
enslaved
Freedom: Sued for freedom in 1823. Origins of freedom: freed by will of late owner, Rebecca Franklin.
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