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Jenny Boston (#
20979116
)
Mulatto, female
Petition #
20979116
, filed in Maryland (1791)
Status:
enslaved
Freedom: Free by 1795. Sued for freedom in 1791. Origins of freedom: descended from a free yellow woman.
Family roles(s)
Head of Boston family
great great-granddaughter
great-grandaughter
granddaughter
daughter
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