unknown, Bill [11]
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Title
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unknown, Bill [11]
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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On July 8th, 1863, 30-yr-old Bill was captured as a runaway in Garrard County and placed in the jail. Bill named Joseph Kenney of Scott County as the man who enslaved him. Though the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued months prior, it did not apply to states that remained in the Union, like Kentucky. Were Bill unclaimed, he would be eventually be sold by the jailer.
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Birth information
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circa 1833
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Relationship
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Enslaver: Kenney, Joseph
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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Frankfort Weekly Commonwealth, Oct. 9, 1863