Free Negro Bond for John Brown
Item
Free Negro Bond for John Brown. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61039
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for John Brown
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Date
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1843-05-02
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Identifier
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fre0015.1843.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for John Brown
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Know all men by these Presents that we
John Brown as principal and ~~Benj. F. McKenny~~ ^ William Smith ^
& Louis DuBrasil as securities are held & firmly bound
unto the State of Missouri, in the full and and just
sum of two hundred Dollars for the true payment
whereof we bind ourselves our heirs executors
administrators and assigns jointly and severally
by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated this
second day of May eighteen hundred + forty three.
The condition of this obligation is such that whereas
John Brown a free man of color, has this day obtained
from the County Court of Saint Louis County, a
license to remain in this state, as a free person of
color, under the provision of an act of the general
Assembly of Missouri, entitled “an act of
more effectually to prevent free persons of color
from coming into this State and for other purposes
approved the twenty third day of February
eighteen hundred and forty-three”
Now the conditions of this obligation is
such that if the said John Brown shall
be of good behaviour during the continuance
if said license, than the above obligation to
be void otherwise to remain in full force and
virtue.
Test. *Louis DuBrasil*
*John X Brown* [seal]
*Wm Smith* [seal]
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John Brown
To } Bond
The State of Missouri
May 2. 1843
Free Negro Bond for John Brown. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61039
