Knox County tavern license record for Esther Bazadone, et al., 1812
| Description: |
A Knox County record for tavern licensure shows a license for Esther Bazadone for 1812-1813. Bazadone, a Black woman, was the first woman of any color to license a business on Vincennes. It is possible that her clientele was largely Black soldiers of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Other names of licensees on the document include; Laurent Bazadone Blanchette Malletts husband, Christian Graeter, William (Will) Birch. |
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| Origin: | 1812 |
| Contributor(s): |
Bazadone, Esther; Bazadone, Laurent; Birch, William; Mallette, Blanchette; Graeter, Christian |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/47724 |
| 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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