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Participant Info

Slaveholder
DAVENPORT, Col. George
Locations
Jo Davies County, Illinois
Researcher
Karen Orozco Gutierrez
Researcher Location
Comments
“…several slaves remained in Jo Daviess County that year (1830). George Davenport owned four slaves-a relatively high number of bonded people for a slaveholder uninvolved with the mining business. Known as Col. Davenport, he was a trading agent for the American Fur Company. He traded at Fort Armstrong. He operated a ferry…Source: Lehman, Christopher P. Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley: A History of Human Bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1787-1865, NC; McFarland and Company, c2011. P.49.
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