W. L. Campbell Deposition, 1849 April 12

File — Box: 4250.001, Folder: 15

Deposition by W. L. Campbell, concerning a lawsuit against James Campbell over slave ownership, Elkton, Kentucky, April 12, 1849

Scope and Contents

A deposition by W. L. Campbell involving a lawsuit against James Campbell over ownership of an enslaved woman named Harriet and her children, Elkton, Kentucky, April 12, 1849. The testimony reveals that in the summer of 1845, James Campbell asked W. L. "to write a letter to Maria Louvard a sister of the negro woman and at the same time he showed me a letter from the s[ai]d Maria requesting him to hire her the women he had purchased of Thomas Campbell and he stated that In [sic] his reply that she might have the woman for $12. pr year provided she would clothe her and the Children well and give her as good a chance as she could in acquiring a knowledge of the milliner and Mantua [sic] maker business."

Dates

1849 April 12

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Materials are in English. One item is in German.

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