Knox County slave register, Thompson Harris registers Nan, 1807
| Description: |
On Oct. 6, 1806 Thompson Harris comes before Isaac White, Deputy Clerk of the Knox County Clerk of Common Pleas and brings a Negro woman named Nan age 25. She is a slave belonging to Harris. She was brought here from the state of Tennessee. Harris is to provide Nan with proper lodging, clothing and washing provisions. At the end of her thirty-eight years of service Nan is not to become a county charge. |
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| Origin: | 1807 |
| Contributor(s): |
Harris, Thompson; White, Isaac; Nan; |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43480 |
| 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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