“James L. Duncan – A Resident of Platte County for nearly Three-Quarters of a Century – Family Owned One Farm for 70 Years – Mr. Duncan has Witnessed Vast Changes in Platte County In His Time – Served in Confederate Army” - (excerpted from article) Prior to the war his (John L. Duncan's) father (John Randolph Duncan) owned 8 or 10 slaves and his uncle, Judge Duncan (Edward P. Duncan), about 15 slaves, and most of these were hired out to Texas farmers after war was declared in order that they would not reach the free states, believing their services would be retained after the war. While in the South James saw most of the slaves several times but none of them ever re turned to these parts.
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2/8/1919
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Enslaver
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Duncan, John Randolph
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The Platte County News (Camden Point, MO, 1917-1918): 02/08/1918, Vol. 1, No. 10, p. 1
