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Robert (#
21685913
)
Black, male, 21 years in 1859
Petition #
21685913
, filed in Virginia (1859)
Role in Petition:
defendant
Status:
enslaved
Term Slave: Yes. Until age 21.
Freedom: Origins of freedom: manumitted by will of Nancy Garland.
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