Knox County slave register, James Ford registers Dinah, 1806

Description:	On Sept. 23, 1806 James Ford comes before Robert Buntin, Clerk of the Knox County Clerk of Common Pleas and brings a Negro woman named Dinah age 17. She is a slave belonging to James Ford and was brought here from the state of Kentucky. James is to provide Dinah with proper lodging, clothing and washing provisions. At the end of thirty years of service to James and his assignees she is not to become a county charge.
Origin:	1807
Contributor(s):	Ford, James; Buntin, Robert; Dinah;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43508
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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