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Kitty (#
20883850
)
Black, female, adult in 1838
Petition #
20883850
, filed in Louisiana (1838)
Status:
enslaved
Freedom: Presented for freedom in 1838. Origins of freedom: freed by owner, her husband, a free man of color named John Mathews.
Family roles(s)
wife
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