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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