Record, Thomas

Title: Record, Thomas
Gender: Male
Biography: An 1829 court case was filed by African American man Thomas Record, who sued Zerah Tousey of Boone County, Kentucky, and William Record of Dearborn County, IN, alleging that they had kidnapped him in 1812 and taken him to Kentucky, where he was held as a slave for many years. He sued for $15,000.; Later Thomas Record purportedly immigrated to Liberia. And, although there is no record showing that he actually went to Liberia, there is a letter that was written to the federal government by Jesse Holman requesting that Record and his family receive help to make the journey. In addition, at about the time that he was to have left the country, he disappears from the census.
Member: Record family
Participant in: 1812--Kidnapping of Thomas Record; 1829--Record vs. Tousey and Record
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Tousey, Zerah; Tousey, Zerah
Source(s): IndianaHistory.org

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