Knox County slave register, John Grant registers Vine, 1807

Description: On Nov. 18, 1806 John Grant comes before Isaac White, Deputy Clerk of the Knox County Court of Indiana Territory with a Negro woman named Vine aged 32. Vine was brought from the state of Kentucky. She is to serve John Grant and assignees for 24 years and John Grant is to provide Vine with the necessary provisions of lodging, clothing and food according to the degree of her station and at the end of her term is not to become a cost of the county.
Origin: 1807
Contributor(s): Grant, John; White, Isaac; Vine;
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43487
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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