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Nancy Ward (#
11682714
)
Black, female
Petition #
11682714
, filed in Virginia (1827)
Status:
free person of color
Skills: nurse; body servant
Freedom: Free by 1827. Origins of freedom: manumitted by will of Capt. John Ward.
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daughter
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