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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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