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(JAILING A RUNAWAY SLAVE)

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(JAILING A RUNAWAY SLAVE)
"Nice 1p. folio., Lincoln County, Kentucky, July 6-Nov. 9, 1812, tally for moneys owed to jailer A. J. Clark for expenses in running the county jail. Approximately one half the expenses concern the jailing of a black man who is suspected of being a runaway. The first entry reads, in full: ""For receiving Ezechial Watkins a man of color and putting in prison on suspicion of being a runaway slave 33 1/2 [cents]"". Other entries concern his release to two men ""on his good behavior"", and the cost of proving his freedom. Minor soiling and toning, else very good." 2435 Nice 1p. folio., Lincoln County, Kentucky, July 6-Nov. 9, 1812, tally for moneys owed to jailer A. J. Clark for expenses in running the county jail. Approximately one half the expenses concern the jailing of a black man who is suspected of being a runaway. The first entry reads, in full: ""For receiving Ezechial Watkins a man of color and putting in prison on suspicion of being a runaway slave 33 1/2 [cents]"". Other entries concern his release to two men ""on his good behavior"", and the cost of proving his freedom. Minor soiling and toning, else very good.