1816--Enslaved Ben Held in Jail and Released
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Title
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1816--Enslaved Ben Held in Jail and Released
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Date
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3 June 1816
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Formatted date
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1816-06-03
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Event type
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Incarceration
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Description
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Ben, the slave of Mary Kirtley was incarcerated in the jailhouse. Jeremiah Kirtley came before the court insisting on seeing Ben. “It is ordered that a Writ of Habeus Corpus issue to said Jailor commanding him forthwith to produce the body of said negro Ben before the Court.” Ben was brought in and released.
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Bibliographic citation
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Boone County Order Book, A, 1799-1817