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Title
Indenture of Rachel Trusty
Collection

Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP)

Slavery and Abolition

Indentures Documents

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1841-08-11
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 76
Topics
African Americans -- History
African Americans -- Social conditions
Slavery
Indentured servants
Genres
Documents
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Authors: Jacob Trusty and Jacob Stout
Content: Document stipulating indenture of 10-year-old Rachel Trusty to Jacob Stout until the age of 18 years; Kent County, Delaware.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19971708
MSS Unit ID: 24901
Archives EAD ID: 3338241
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1343a660-204f-0138-a846-05bdf3b39170
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1841: Created
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Indenture of Rachel Trusty" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1841. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c2547d0-24ec-0138-3071-3f5f4aec9731

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Indenture of Rachel Trusty" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c2547d0-24ec-0138-3071-3f5f4aec9731

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1841). Indenture of Rachel Trusty Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c2547d0-24ec-0138-3071-3f5f4aec9731

Wikipedia Citation

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Indenture of Rachel Trusty