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Sam (#
11284401
)
Black, male
Petition #
11284401
, filed in North Carolina (1844)
Status:
free person of color
Freedom: Sued for freedom in 1840. Origins of freedom: manumitted by will of Philip E. Vass [the younger].
Economic profile
From 1839 - Commissioners' Report
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