Hyson Duncan searching for his mother, brothers, and sisters

Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)

March 1892

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Lost 46 Years Ago.

I wish to find my mother, Lucinda
Duncan, and my brothers and sisters,
Washington Kelly, and Mary Duncan,
Monroe Duncan and Easter Duncan.
They belonged to James Duncan, used
live in Logan couty near Russelville,
Kentucky. Any information of either
of them will be thankfull recived.

HYSON DUNCAN,

Garnett, Kansas.

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They were enslaved by James Duncan, near Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, and were separated 46 years ago.

Several people enslaved by this Duncan family, of Logan County, Kentucky, sued the Duncans for freedom in the St. Louis, Missouri Circuit Court. See scholarship by Anne Twitty, Kelly Kennington, Lea VanderVelde, Robert J. Moore, Jesse Nasta, etc., on the antebellum St. Louis freedom suits.

Date
March 1892
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Garnett, KS

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Jesse Nasta

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"Hyson Duncan searching for his mother, brothers, and sisters ," Baptist Times (Garnett, KS), March 1892 , Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.informationwanted.org/items/show/3435

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