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Polly (#20980719)

Black, female

Petition #20980719, filed in Maryland (1807)

Status: enslaved

Term Slave: Yes. For 6 years.

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A black family at the Hermitage Plantation, Savannah, Georgia, USA, about 1907 © John Tewell.
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