Indentures : know all men by these presents that I William Henry, County Judge, of the County of Mendocino, State of California ..., [192-?].
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Newberry Library
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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...
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Henry, William.
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California's Indenture Act of 1850 established a legal form of slavery for Indians living in the state of California. The state's indenture law enabled white citizens to indenture Indians for terms of usually ten to fifteen years laboring only for subsistence living. Between 1850 and 1867 over 10,000 Indians were victims of this form of slavery. In compliance with the Fourteenth Amendment, this Act was stricken from state law in 1867. From the description of ...
Carpenter, A. O.
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