The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-08-28

\ sale OF slaves was thIflFlI'tN 10y
WRITING Boz the form I'll % derd. aci,uow-
ledgcd before am officer deed Tor
thu sale OF sluyc~ Dob 1916 has been
handed down and is as follows.
Louisville. Ky. July LIST 1~fG
Know 600 men by rhe-. presents that
We. VIM o. Kelly a Co. Of the city
of Louisville. Tor and boo consideration
Of the sam of four Thousand eight hume
dred dollars the receipt i~ hereby nr-
knowied-ed have this day sold unto
Daniel Watson. Of Fulton County Is
Tho following slaves. to-wit-
Pafrick aged twenty -~eyen years,
valued an 100000
Allen aged twenty three years. rai-
ned at >t-'tn
Lewis aged tWeufy-siX years. valued
at S65oou
Henry Paine aged twenty two years.
copper color valued at S5oono.
Henry Taylor aged twenty-five years
valued af SfUuuu
Ionliau aged fifteen years. valued
at $4,000
Minervar aged twenty four years.
valued at Sil|o"
Celia. aged seventeen years. valued
at $4,000.
| Making in Hll rho sum 81 FOUR thnu~
land eight hundred dollars. The above
slaves we warrant sound IN body and
mind and slaves Tor life aud free from
the claims Of any person or persons
Whatever.
| Wiiness our hands aud seals tie date
and dag above write
VIM n Kelly & Co
| / David Hardin. clerk of the city
lCourt 81 Louisville in the state IT Ken
lucky. certify that the above j. the true
signature 81 WIN "a Kelly a Co. sign
Ell by stephen r. Cheuowith, One 81
the PARTNER
Given under ms hand this 10Th day
lof July I~iG - T. Hardin. g.. g. q. l.
4 person trading with H slave with
Tout the consent OF the owner forfeited
Item dollars aud four times the value az
the article 90 the owner IL could he
recovered bv suit \ slave offering to
trade without the consent ~ the own
ler could by the order ~ the Justice 81
the peace be- punished hy any number
lof stripes not exceeding ten For fur
lnishing liquor to @ slave the fine was
fifty dollars No person could permit
a slave not his own 20 remain GOA hi~
lpremises more than four hours without
the consent Of the owner and could not
permit more than five negroes or slaves
Of his own % remain at his house. For
this the fine was ten dollars This
law would apply % slaves going % mill
for the ma ster or 90 church. II a
slave left the residence Of the owner
! without a permit he was liable 10 pun
ishment Of stripes not exceeding thirty
J mine and the owner Of the place where
. "a. D.
ment Of not exceeding ten stripes II
The owner Of an infirm. insane or aged
slave failed 20 make adequate pro.
visions for his support ne was punished
by a fine Of fifty dollars and the coun.
~ court was authorized 20 provide FOR
such slave and recover the costs from
the owner for their suit The owner
could not escape this liability by a
sale or gift of such slave If an owner
treated his slave cruel or inhumane 81
as % endangcr the life or limb Of such
a slave cor affect his health or fail o.
SUPPLY his slave with sufficient food
and raimeut the slave by order Of the
court could Boz taken and sold and the
proceeds turned over 10 him For
manning or killing n slave the punish
ment 81 confinement in the peninten-
tiary.
\ runaway slave was arrested and
put in Jail for the owner. The reward
for apprehending runaway slave in
the county II the owner was ten dol
lars. IN any other county Of the state.
twenty dollars: and ont Of the state
one hundred dollars. After six months
If the owner could not DE found run
away slave was sold by the court and
the proceeds after paying Of the costs
held by the state 10 await the claim Of
the owner. If slave should conspire
10 rebel or make resurrection or should
administer 20 any person poison. under
conviction he was punished by death.
For other crimes he was punished by
stripes or lashes on his bare back. This
punishment should not exceed two
hundred stripes and not more than fif-
" stripes could be administered at one
time. WHEN a slave was condemned 20
death his value was aScertaimcd by the
court trying them and the amount was