Free black Samuel Johnson owns his slave daughter, Lucy, and his three slave grandchildren. His daughter's free black husband, Spencer Malvin, abandoned the family several years before. Johnson seeks to emancipate his daughter and grandchildren, and asks that they be permitted to remain in Virginia. Related petitions reveal that Samuel Johnson (also called Sam Johnston) was a man of mixed race who had purchased his wife and children and attempted several times to free them. He had been free since 1812.
Result: Referred to committee for courts of justice.
Or you may view all people.
Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
