Free Negro Bond for Robinson
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Free Negro Bond for Robinson. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61116
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Robinson
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Date
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1843-05-05
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Identifier
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fre0109.1843.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Robinson
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Know all men by these presents that we James Robinson(a
free person of color) of the County of Saint Louis and State of Missouri
as principal, and [Robert ?] AlexanderHamilton of said County and State as
security are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri in
the just and full sum of two hundred dollars for the payment of
which sum well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs
and legal representatives._
Witness our hands and seals this fifth day of May in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three._
The Condition of the above obligation is such that
whereas the County Court of the County of Saint Louis did on the
third day of May, eighteen hundred and fortly three grant to the
said James Robinson a license to reside in the state of Missouri under
the provisions of an act entitled "an act more effectually to prevent
free persons of color from entering into this State and for other purposes" approved Feb. 23, 1843_Now if teh said James Robinson
shall be of good behavior as required by said act then this bond to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue_
*James X his mark Robinson*
*Alexander Hamilton*
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James Robinson
To Bond
State Missouri
May 5. 1843
Free Negro Bond for Robinson. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61116
