Friend of Friends Friday: Negro Suck 1793 Indenture

Whoa.  What is this?  Just the names alone caught my attention as I was wandering around Pittsburgh and the wonderful site the University of Pittsburgh Library System has.

Can you believe a slave, Suck, indentures her child, of her own free will to someone one else?  Somehow that seems a little weird.

A tidbit of  history into this fabulous collection is in order.  A ledger entitled, "Negro" was found in 2007 in the Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds.  Take some time to look at the Freedom Papers showcased from the exhibit.  Fascinating.

Ahh, genealogy.  Sometimes, finding old information can boggle the mind.  I just wonder whatever happened to the child, Kut, who was indentured?

Sources:
http://www.library.pitt.edu/freeatlast/papers/i_negrosuck.html
http://www.library.pitt.edu/freeatlast/freedom_papers.html

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