[Document confirming that a male named Jack is a slave]

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Creator / Contributor: Inskeep, Abraham H.
Jack
Title: [Document confirming that a male named Jack is a slave]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Date: 1811-07-11
Description: Two-page legal document explaining that a Black boy named Jack, upon being examined, disclosed that he is a slave and that he has disobeyed his master by playing cards instead of attending to his master's business. The documents officially counts this Black boy as a slave.
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-04_f-03_002
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Subject: Slaves--Kentucky--Harrison County
Slavery--Kentucky--Harrison County
Material type or medium of original: Legal documents
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