See Estate Sale of Daniel David Capito (1775-1824), 18 Aug 1828.
"From Franklin to Madison, James Cravens, and wife, and one child, travelled with his household goods in a wagon — with a couple of darkies along, one, an old auntie, around whose waist Mr. Cravens had sewed several hundred dollars in money.
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"Being a man of strong convictions, and pronounced opinions, he used his influence to get a considerable number of slaves over the line, for which he was at the time, by many, quite severely criticized."
(Settlers By The Long Grey Trail, p.490-1)
The above move would have been before 1830, There are no enslaved persons or "Free Colored" in the Cravens household in 1830 in Jefferson County, Indiana.
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