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Sawney (#
21485829
)
Black, male
Petition #
21485829
, filed in Tennessee (1858)
Status:
enslaved
Term Slave: Yes. Until age 20.
Freedom: Free by 1858. Origins of freedom: manumitted by Samuel Robinson.
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