Free Negro Bond for Green
Item
Free Negro Bond for Green. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61148
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Green
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Date
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December 18, 1843
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Identifier
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fre0141.1843.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Green
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Know all men by these Presents [that ?] we
James Green as principal and Nathaniel I Janney
as security are held and firmly bound unto the
state of Missouri in the penal sum of Two Hundred
Dollars each for the true payment of which we bind
ourselves our heirs and executors and administrators
firmly by these presents sealed with our seals
this eighteenth day of december 1843
The condition fo the above obligation is
such, that whereas the County Court for the County
of Saint Louis as the December term thereof
1843 has granted a Licence to the said James Green
a free man of Color to reside in the State of
Missouri, Now if the said James Green shall
be of good behaviour during his residence in
the State of Missouri, then this obligation to be
null and void otherwise to remain[ in full ?] force
and virtue
*Wm Clarke Morris*
*James his X mark Green*
*Nathl I. Janney*
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James Green
To Bond
State of Missouri
December 18. 1843
Free Negro Bond for Green. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61148
