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Manumission of Thomas Boston by slaveholder Henry Rutgers
1817-06-12
New York Manumission Society
Tags: Henry Rutgers, manumission, Thomas Boston
Wood Lawn Mansion photograph
2014-04-16
Rutgers University
Catalogue of building and place names at Rutgers, the State University
1973
Gunn, Lloyd Ray
Tags: campus building
Neilson Dining Hall catalog record
1973
Gunn, Lloyd Ray
Woodbury Hall catalog record
1973
Gunn, Lloyd Ray
Bill of sale for Flora, Phillis, and Ann, sold to John Neilson
1787-01-31
Bleecker, Anthony L.
Rutgers Honors James Neilson
1923-11-22
Bill of Sale for Teunis, to James Neilson
1814-04-20
Baldwin, Joseph
Bill of sale for Tony
1798-04-24
Read, Thomas
Certification of Tony’s consent to be sold to John Neilson for 5 years
1798-04-24
Phillips, Elijah
Bill of Sale for Prince, to John Neilson
1815-05-25
Vermeule, Cornelius C.
Receipt to James Neilson for the purchase of Elizabeth
1815-01-23
Van Arsdalen, Abraham
Elizabeth was previously enslaved by John Powers. The receipt indicates that Elizabeth was sold because John Powers was in debt to Staats Van Deursen…
Bill of sale for Mark for $20 until he turns 25
1838-12-16
Neilson, James
Bill of sale for Mark, aged 25, to James Neilson for $200
1816-10-15
Taylor, Benjamin
Manumission of Ambo by slaveholder John Neilson, original certificate
1822-01-16
North Brunswick (N.J.). Overseer of the Poor
Manumission of Phillis by slaveholder John Neilson, original certificate
1822-01-16
North Brunswick (N.J.). Overseer of the Poor
Manumission of Miller by slaveholder Abraham S. Neilson of the firm of James H. Neilson, original certificate
1822-05-18
Hardenbergh Hall photograph
Rutgers University
Receipt to John Neilson for the sale of a black girl Grace
1814-08-04
Clark, Margaret
Receipt to John Neilson for the sale of a black girl Dine
1815-04-17
Clark, Hannah
George Farmer owned a large estate…
Record of payment to Jacob Dunham, $39.88 for his negro's services doing masonry (Old Queens Building construction, entry 130)
1809-11-30
Blauvelt, Abraham
This is entry number 130 on page 6 of Blauvelt's account book. Blauvelt was the chairman of the…
Account book, 1794-1809
1794/1809
Blauvelt, Abraham
Minutes of the New Brunswick N.J. Common Council
1910
New Brunswick (N.J.). Common Council
Frelinghuysen Hall photograph
Rutgers University
Letter to Col. Henry Van Dike concerning a donation of land for Queen's College from the estate of James Parker Sr.
1807-10-16
Parker, James
Livingston College
Gunn, Lloyd Ray
Tags: Livingston College
Old Queens Bell
Rutgers University
Deed between Gertrude Parker, executrix of James Parker Sr.'s estate and the Board of Trustees of Queens College
1808-04-08
Somerset County Clerk
$1 Dollar Reward [runaway ad for apprentice James Halfpenny]
1823-04-10
Van Dorn, Cornelius
Will's Way dedication ceremony
2017-10-26
Rutgers University
Tags: Old Queens Building, photograph, Will, Will's Way
Colonel James Neilson Portrait
1940
Will's Way marker dedication
2017-10-27
Rutgers University
Tags: Marker, Old Queens, photograph, Will's Way
City of New Brunswick, New Jersey / Packard & Butler Lith. Philada.
1880
Middlesex County Register of Black Children (Birth of Slaves, 1804-1844)
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth
Minute book, 1817-1824
1817 to 1824
African Association of New Brunswick (N.J.)
Tags: Abraham Beach (1740-1828), African Association of New Brunswick, Ambo and Mark Harris family, Ann Smith, Ann Upshur, Anthony Moor, Anthony Smock, Benjamin P. Stives, Catharine Randolph, Cato Beach, Cesar Green, Cesar King, Cesar Rappleyea, Cuffe Steel, David Smith, Dianer Smith, Frances Parker, Gorge, Hanner Sevau, Henery Paterson, Henery Quick, Henry Skillmon, Henry Staats, Jane Vanhorn, Jones Scot, Jude Hunt, Lewis Smock, Margaret, Margaret Ott, Mark Harress, Mark Jorden, Mary Kinsy, minutes, Moses Blew, Murphey, Niclus Demont, Peter Upshur, Primus Murphy, Prince Edgar, Reverend Huntington, Richard Simpson, Robert Polhemus, Samuel Lane, Samuel Vanderveer, Sarah Ball, Thomas Law, Thomous Clarkson, William Correll, William Jenkins, William Taylor
Account of William Correll (a free black man)
1820-1828
Dunham, Jacob
Letter in reply to John Neilson regarding the sale of an enslaved man named Jef
1794-02-27
Finley, Robert
Letter to Robert Finley regarding the sale of an enslaved man named Jef
1794-02-25
Neilson, John
Account of James Crommelin [treatment of Abraham]
1817-1826
Dunham, Jacob
Catalogue of the officers and alumni of Rutgers college (originally Queen's College) in New Brunswick, N.J, 1766 to 1916
1916
Rutgers University
Account of Levi Pricket [treatment of Post's negro boy]
1817-1819
Dunham, Jacob
On July 14, 1817, Jacob Dunham charged Levi Pricket for “dressing Post's negro boy’s eye at…
Account of Joseph Dunn [treatment of Tom]
1817-1826
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Eunis (A free Black woman)
1816-1817
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Sib (a free Black woman)
1818-04-06
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Jasper (a black man at Miles Smith’s)
1825
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Robert Clark (a free black man)
1818
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Nean or Nicholas (a black man)
1825-03
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Phoebe (a free black woman & wife of Mr. Holcomb’s black man)
1821-06-15
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Lucy (a woman of color, wife of Van Anglen’s man)
1821-1824
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Clara (a woman of color)
1818-1825
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Sabina (a Black woman) and her daughter Rachel
1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Henry Compton (alias Smith, a black man)
1820-1821
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Johnston (a colored man, the barber)
1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob
Ledger, 1816-1847
1816-1847
Dunham, Jacob
After Dunham's death in 1832, his heirs used…
Charter of a College to be erected in New-Jersey by the name of Queen's College
1770
Rutgers University
The front page of the charter is presented here.
The…
Van Harlingen House
Tags: photograph
Letter to his father Col. Johannes Hardenbergh
1777-12-06
Hardenbergh, Jacob Rutsen
Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh was one of the chief founders of Queen's College (later Rutgers) and served as the school's…
Manumission of Samuel Lane by slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick
1818-08-21
Middlesex County Clerk
Manumission of Henry Compton by slaveholder Miles Smith
1821-11-12
Middlesex County Clerk
Silas Parmore Defense Fund pledge card
1924
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New Brunswick Branch (NAACP)
Tags: NAACP, Silas Parmore
Colored Citizens of New Brunswick AWAKE! Flyer for Mass Meeting in support of Silas Parmore
1923-12-16
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New Brunswick Branch (NAACP)
Georgia Frees Negro Who Feared Mob Rule
1925-12-13
Tags: NAACP, Silas Parmore
Rutgers Klan $10 Bond
1920s/1930s
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Tags: KKK, Rutgers Klan
Klan Open-Air Initiation Was Great Publicity Stunt; Declare Local Branch 400 Strong; Hobbs Not a Member
1923-05-04
Tags: KKK
12,000 of Klan Out at Jersey Meeting: Hold Heavily Guarded Initiation on a Lonely Farm Near New Brunswick
1923-05-03
Tags: KKK
10,000 Klansmen Gather in Great Klan Ceremony; New Brunswick Is Scene of One of the Greatest Ku Klux Demonstrations; Gigantic Cross Is Burned as Almost One Thousand Candidates Are Initiated
1923-05-11
Tags: KKK
Statement of receipts and expenses in the Parmore case
1924-04-07
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New Brunswick Branch (NAACP)
Tags: NAACP, Silas Parmore
Colored Boarders Not Wanted
1890-05-06
Tags: Bishop Turner
White and Black Married. How a Young Farmer Wooed and Won an Old Negro's Daughter
1887-04-09
A Bethel Treat; Rutgers College Students as Minstrels and Actors
1889-11-23
Tags: blackface, Rutgers College
Elections in New Jersey; Rioting between Whites and Blacks in New Brunswick
1895-04-10
The Rice Industrial and Literary Institute advertisement
1915-08-26
Tags: Berkley A. Mills, Ella M. Rice, Rice School
Negro Girls Win Heritage Award: Alumnae Honor Two Seniors as Interracial Pioneers at New Jersey College
1949-06-05
Resigns from Board
1949-06-16
Award for First Negroes Living on N.J.C. Campus
1949-06-07
Choral Club Plans Recital
1948-06-04
Veronica Henriksen Secretary of NJC Club
1944-02-28
Miss Henriksen Attends Dance Session
1951-08-20
Recital Here Tuesday By Montclair Chorus
1940-12-07
Veronica Henriksen Receives Scholastic Honors at NJC
1943-05-19
Obituary of Veronique Henriksen
1999-01-17
Photograph of Evelyn Sermons singing in the choir
1947
Photograph of Veronica Henriksen with fellow Bees club officers
1944
1930 US Census record for Veronica Henriksen
1930
WANTED—COLORED WAITER MAN
1887-06-14
Tags: wanted ad
Advertisement for The Clansman: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
1908-03-25
Tags: advertisement, KKK
WANTED—TWO GOOD COLORED GIRLS, cook and nurse
1887-04-05
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—A COLORED GIRL for general housework
1889-03-25
Stevens, Thomas
Tags: wanted ad
COLORED BOY WHO CAN DRIVE
1889-05-03
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—Competent chambermaid and waitress
1903-03-24
Tags: wanted ad
YOUNG COLORED GIRL WANTED as chambermaid and waitress
1903-04-25
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—Southern colored help furnished
1903-05-19
Martin & Co.
Tags: wanted ad
WHITE AND COLORED WOMEN...Employment Agency
1903-08-06
Tags: wanted ad
50 COLORED GIRLS from Virginia want positions
1903-08-07
Tags: wanted ad
COLORED young man wants work
1903-11-13
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED Bright colored boy...to wait on table
1903-12-28
Tags: wanted ad
YOUNG MAN (colored) wants position at general housework
1904-03-09
Tags: wanted ad
WANTED—Honest, industrious colored boy...Piano Warerooms
1904-07-29
Gibeson, J. Fred
Tags: wanted ad