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Knox County court record for bond for Ned, a negro man, 1807

Description: Folder 809 in Box 11 of Knox County Circuit Court records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House holds documents in the case of the United States vs. “Ned a negro man.” In an undated document, Ned is accused of having stolen linen and calico “belonging to the United States out of the house formerly belonging to Col. Vigo.” In a summons dated July 27, 1807, witnesses sought by the sheriff of Knox Cunty include “…George a mullatto belonging to Gov. Harrison, Judy a black woman belonging to Joshua Bond and Nancy, a black woman belonging to R. Buntin.”
Origin: 1807
Contributor(s): Ned; Judy; Nancy; George; Harrison, William Henry; Buntin, Robert ; Bond, Joshua; Vigo, Francis;
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43618
Collection: Knox County Public Library
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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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