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. |
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| 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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