Knox County slave register, James Scott registers Ruben, 1807
| Description: |
On March 3, 1807 James Scott comes before Robert Buntin, Clerk of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas with a Negro boy named Ruben age 16. He was brought to this territory from Kentucky. He is to serve James Scott a term of fifty years. James Scott is to provide Ruben with sufficient provisions, clothing, lodging and washing according to his station and degree and she is not to become a cost to the county. |
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| Origin: | 1807 |
| Contributor(s): |
Scott, James; Buntin, Robert; Rueben; |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43503 |
| 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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