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Knox county slave register, Adam Godlet registers Dick, 1807

Description: On April 10, 1807 Adam Godlet comes before Robert Buntin, Clerk of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas with a Negro man named Dick, age 18. He was brought to this territory from Kentucky and he is to serve Adam Godlet and his assignees a term of fourteen years. Adam Godlet is to provide Dick with sufficient provisions, clothing, lodging and washing according to his station and degree and he is not to become a cost to the county.
Origin: 1807
Contributor(s): Godlet, Adam; Buntin, Robert; Dick;
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43472
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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