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Watt (#
21683125
)
Black, male
Petition #
21683125
, filed in Virginia (1831)
Role in Petition:
petitioner
Status:
enslaved
Freedom: Sued for freedom in 1831. Origins of freedom: born after mother's term of servitude expired.
Family roles(s)
son
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