1867--Lucy Bound into Indentured Servitude at Age 9
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Title
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1867--Lucy Bound into Indentured Servitude at Age 9
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Date
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25 Mar 1867
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Formatted date
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1867-05-25
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Event type
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Indentured Servitude
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Description
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Special March Term, March 25, p. 277: “The Clerk of this either by himself or deputy is ordered to enter into indentures of apprenticeship binding the John W. Berkshire an infant negro girl named Lucy about 9 years old to learn the trade of spinster – and will report such indentures to this Court. Whereupon said indentures were acknowledged in open Court approved and ordered to record.”
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Participant
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African American(s): Lucy
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Other participant(s): Berkshire, John W.
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Bibliographic citation
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Boone County Court Order Book K, 1864-1869