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Jesse Brooks (#
20379505
)
Black, male
Petition #
20379505
, filed in Delaware (1795)
Role in Petition:
petitioner
Status:
free person of color
Moral Attributes: convicted felon
Punishments Received: FPOC jailed; seeks to be sold as a term slave to pay jail fees
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