unknown, Frank [19]
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Title
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unknown, Frank [19]
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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Frank was enslaved by General Taylor in Kentucky, close to the Cincinnati River. He would often be loaned out to work in Cincinnati for days at a time, if not longer, under the order of the enslaver. During one of these stays, he learned that under the laws of the time, being brought into Ohio by the enslaver was grounds for nullifying the enslaver's claim on him. Frank claims his freedom, but Taylor chooses not to fight this claim. Frank lived in freedom for seven or eight years before an unnamed son-in-law of General Taylor, who had obtained Frank's bill of sale, had Frank seized. After a hasty trial, Frank ended up enslaved again down in Louisiana. He sued for his freedom and remained in jail while awaiting a determination. Though he did win in his suit, Frank died from an illness he contracted in jail before he could experience his freedom.
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Relationship
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Slaveholder(s): Taylor, General
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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The Voice of Freedom. (Montpelier, VT), Dec. 14 1839. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84022687/1839-12-14/ed-1/.