Knox County court record for Elizabeth Jones vs. Grace, a woman of color

Description:	Folder 2048 in Box 34 of Knox County Circuit Court 1818 records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House holds three documents in the case of Elizabeth Jones vs. Grace, a woman of color. This case was about the escape of Grace from her owner, Elizabeth Jones. Jones had her brother Archibald McClure bring her complaint before the court to have her indentured servant arrested and returned. The three documents in the file are Jones’s statement, her brother’s request for a writ of habeas Corpus, and the court’s writ given to the Sheriff. Grace was apprehended and returned to Elizabeth Jones.
Origin:	1818
Contributor(s):	Jones, Elizabeth; Grace; McClure, Archibald;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/46080
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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