Knox County court record for Purcell vs. Decker, 1818

Description:	Folder 2169 in Box 36 of Knox County Circuit Court 1818 records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House holds a total of fifteen documents in the case of Purcell vs. Decker in a case of estate litigation regarding the estate of John Purcell. Of the fifteen documents in the folder, only one document relates to black history. That document is an affidavit pictured where Isaac Decker established his purchase of a black man named Bob from Jonathan Purcell in 1803
Origin:	1818
Contributor(s):	Purcell, John; Bob; Purcell, Jonathan;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/46090
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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