Knox County slave register, John Hadden registers James, 1806

Description: On May 2, 1806, John Hadden, comes before Robert Buntin, Clerk of the Knox County Clerk of Common Pleas and brings a Negro boy named James, age 16. He is a slave belonging to John Hadden and was brought here from the state of Kentucky. John Hadden is to provide James with proper lodging, clothing and washing provisions. At the end of his thirty-six years James is not to become a county charge.
Origin: 1807
Contributor(s): Hadden, John; Buntin, Robert; James;
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43470
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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