Guide to the James S. Fruit, L.R. Burk, and John L. Blangy deposition MSS.1678
Fruit, James S.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
June 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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James S. Fruit , L. R. Burk, and John L. Blangy deposition
- Unit ID:
MSS.1678
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 item)
- Dates:
1864 September 3
- Abstract:
An 1864 deposition by three Kentucky citizens regarding an attempt to assist an escaped slave cross the Ohio River to join the Union Army.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a deposition by Fruit, Burk, and Blangy, attesting to their attendance at a trial in Henderson County, Kentucky, on 3 September 1864, in which three men were tried for trying to assist an escaped slave named "Newton," the property of Archibald Dixon, cross the Ohio River and join the Union Army. Fruit, Burk, and Blangy attest that all three men--J.W. Henderson, G.W. Scott, and Moses Harris--"are unconditional Union men."
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Donnelly Lancaster/John Beeler, 2005
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
James S. Fruit, L.R. Burk, and John L. Blangy Deposition, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2004
Biographical/Historical note
Kentucky residents, September 1864.
Source(s)
African Americans |z Kentucky |x History |y 19th century (lcsh)
Depositions (aat)
Fugitive slaves |z Kentucky (lcsh)
Kentucky |x History |y Civil War, 1861-1865 (lcsh)
United States |x History |y Civil War, 1861-1865 (lcsh)
Deposition Box 6476 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22201