Bob (#20285101)

Black, male, circa 11 years in 1825

Petition #20285101, filed in Arkansas (1851)

• Role in Petition: petitioner
• Status: enslaved

• Punishments Received: whipping
• Term Slave: Yes. Until age 21, After 1825.
• Freedom: Origins of freedom: term slave by will of late owner; confirmed by jury verdict in 1853; appealed to Supreme Court.

Economic profile

• From circa 1835 - deposition of B. H. Layne
• From circa 1846 - deposition of David Foran
• From circa 1846 - deposition of William H. Brizell
• From 1841 - deposition of William H. Brizell
• From circa 1851 - answer of Isaac N. Jackson
• From circa 1835 - deposition of George A. Brown
• AUCTION SALE - From circa 1846 - deposition of George G. Turrentine