1808
1808
Events
Boone County
The Boone
County Court hears a murder charge against Ziba or Zedick Campfield for the beating death of a
slave boy named Ned.
Aaron Burr again passes through
Florence.
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Kentucky
General Charles Scott is elected to succeed Christopher Greenup as Governor.
Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederacy, is born in rural Kentucky.
U.S. & World
In accordance with the timetable allowed by the U.S. Constitution, Congress outlaws the importation of
slaves.
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