A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

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Indenture agreement between Benjamin Gibbs and his former slave George, in Philadelphia. The fourteen-year-old is indentured for a period of fourteen years. An agreement of November 1813 on the back of the document transfers the unexpired term of indenture to Dr. Samuel McCrosky.

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

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By the United States in Congress assembled, a proclamation : Whereas the United States in Congress assembled, by their commissioners duly appointed and authorized, did on the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, at Hopewell on the Keowee, conclude articles of a treaty with all the Cherokees ...

Uncle Wiggily: Indian hunter ..

Indian Hunter. New York Sterecope Card.

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slavery slave trade abolitionists african americans blacks abolition movement antislavery movements marrant john 1755 1791 indian captivities cherokee indians converts united states biography captivity narratives schomburg center for research in black culture manuscripts archives and rare books division sidney lapidus slavery and abolition collection conversion cherokees john marrant fourteen years mother s house indian hunter ultra high resolution high resolution aldridge w william 1737 1797 author enslaved people