One of the interesting items that I
came across researching my wife’s DAR application was in
1789, Nicolas Cardinal (the wife’s 7th generation qualifying
Patriot) had two town-lots in the heart of Vincennes, IN with “a house, shed,
horse-stable, Negro cabin (with two slaves), well, orchard, garden, and other
buildings.” He also owned
two farms. But two slaves? In the middle of Indiana? Back in
1789? Two slaves, owned by a Frenchman born in Canada and son of a
lawyer/Judge back in Normandy, France?
Would your records/holdings have any information about these two
slaves?
Paul Ashworth
465 Happy Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45238
(513) 451-2161
ashworth@fuse.net
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