Deposition signed Jean McElduff, a resident of Kaskaskia, before J. Edgar, a justice of the peace in St. Clair County, Territory of the United States Northwest of the Ohio River, stating that a Negro named Ben was the property of Jean Boyce or Jonathan Ousley. Document includes declaration signed Wm. Henry of Woodford County, July 23, 1790, stating that he sold a 17-year-old Negro named Ben to Jean Boyce; and declaration signed Jonathan Ousley and J. Edgar, June 7, 1794, stating that Ousley renounces his rights to Ben, whom he bought from Jean Boyce, but had not paid the agreed price by the agreed date, and thus he returned to Boyce his rights to Ben (in French, includes translation). Filed with this document are some accounts in German, written on the back of a printed receipt of the Illinois Central Railroad Line dated 186-., 1794 June 28

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: D01384

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Deposition signed Jean McElduff, a resident of Kaskaskia, before J. Edgar, a justice of the peace in St. Clair County, Territory of the United States Northwest of the Ohio River, June 28, 1794

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Slaves and Slavery Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. Approximately half of the documents in the collection are receipts for sales of slaves, some of which were recorded in various courts. The collection also includes deeds of emancipation; personal correspondence; and broadsides offering rewards for the capture of runaway slaves.