Knox County slave register, Philip Tramell registers Tuner, 1807

Description:	On Dec. 28, 1806 Philip Tramell came before Isaac White, Deputy Clerk of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas with a Negro woman named Tuner, age 17. She was brought here as a slave from Tennessee after being purchased from Lazarus Powel by Philip Tramell. Tuner is to serve Philip Tramell and his assignees for a term of forty years. Philip Tramell is to sufficiently provide lodging, food and clothing to Tuner and at the end of her term she is not to become a cost to the county.
Origin:	1807
Contributor(s):	Tramell, Phlip; White, Isaac; Tuner; Powel, Lazarus;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43476
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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