DOCTOR JACK (Q490699)

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HC-PER-35589
  • HC-PER-35589
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DOCTOR JACK
HC-PER-35589
  • HC-PER-35589

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Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. A doctor who used roots and herbs to heal. After the 1831 Tennessee General Assembly banned enslaved persons from practicing medicine, over 120 white citizens petitioned for Doctor Jack to have an exemption.