Knox County slave register, Joseph Hollingsworth registers Jeffery, 1806

Description:	On February 21, 1806 Joseph Hollingsworth comes before Robert Buntin, Clerk of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas and brings a Nego man named Jeffery age 30. Jeffery has been brought into this territory from the state of South Carolina. Jeffery is to serve Joseph and his assignees for a term of twenty years. Joseph is to provide Jeffery with sufficient clothing, washing and lodging according to his station and degree. At the end of his term of service Jeffery is not to become a county charge.
Origin:	1807
Contributor(s):	Hollingsworth, Joseph; Buntin, Robert; Jeffery;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43469
Collection:	Knox County Public Library
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States;
Geography:	Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Black people -- America -- History African Americans -- History Black people -- History Slave records Slave labor Slavery Slaveholders Enslaved women Enslaved men Slavery -- Law and legislation Indentured servants Indiana -- Northwest Indiana -- History Vincennes (Ind.) Knox County (Ind.)

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