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Middlesex County Records. |
SESSIONS BOOK 472 - FEBRUARY,
1690. |
| Order upon the petition of Katherine Auker, a
black. Shows she was servant to one Robert Rich, a planter in
Barbadoes, and that about six years since she came to England
with her master and mistress; she was baptized in the parish
Church of St. Katherine's, near the Tower, after which her said
master and mistress tortured and turned her out: her said master
refusing to give her a discharge, she could not be "entertained
in service elsewhere." The said Rich caused her to be arrested
and imprisoned in the "Pulletry Cempter," London.
Prays to be discharged from her said master, he being in Barbadoes.
Ordered that the said Katherine shall be at liberty to serve
any person until such time as the said Rich shall return from
Barbadoes... |
p. 41 |
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