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Subject: Does JOHN JOHNSON belong to anyone ? circa 1809
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:36:33 EST

chapter 5 Paragraph on elections -
There were then 4 organized counties [ in Indiana ] . In Knox & Harrison ,
the western counties , Mr Randolph received 314 votes & Mr. Jennings 66 votes
; JOHN JOHNSON received 81 votes in Knox .

At that time the big issue was --who was for slavery & who was not . The
Ordinance of 1787 excluded slavery from the whole Northwest territory . The
elections were for a DELEGATE to Congress on 5-22-1809 . Some canidates ran -
pro-slavery and some ran as anti - slavery . The Quakers were instrumental in
abolishing slavery . They were against it & were very much a part of the '
underground railroad ' for many years .

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