John Graweere (Q490850)
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HC-PER-36947
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John Graweere
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Servant
Slave
Enslaved. Possibly Free before 13th Amendment. Born as Joao Geaween, likely in Angola. Became one of the first Africans in America to petition the Virginia courts when he filed a suit saying that, in buying his son's freedom, he (and not his owner) gained custody of the child.