Knox County slave register, James Johnson registers Judy and Nero, 1807

Description: On Oct, 23, 1806 James Johnson comes before Robert Buntin, Clerk of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas with a Negro woman named Judy age 30 and also with her son Nero age 4. They have been brought to this territory from Kentucky. Judy is to serve James Johnson and his assignees a term of eighteen years. They are to be provided with proper clothing, food and lodging. At the end of her service Judy is not to become a county charge.
Origin: 1807
Contributor(s): Johnson, James; Judy; Buntin, Robert; Nero;
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43501
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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