Browse Items (616 total)
SIX CENTS REWARD [runaway ad for apprentice James Smock]
1815-03-16
Downs, Robert
This notice was…
Tags: apprentice, James Smock, Robert Downs, runaway ad
FOR SALE, Or exchange for a Negro Girl, A stout, healthy, Negro Boy
1815-04-13
To Rent, THAT elegant and established stand for business...also...For Sale, A BLACK WOMAN
1815-04-13
Parker, William B.
100 DOLLARS REWARD [runaway ad for Joe]
1815-04-13
Duncan, John
This notice was first issued on…
Tags: Joe, John Duncan, runaway ad
Receipt to John Neilson for the sale of a black girl Dine
1815-04-17
Clark, Hannah
George Farmer owned a large estate…
Bill of Sale for Prince, to John Neilson
1815-05-25
Vermeule, Cornelius C.
Twenty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Cornelius Sinco aka Cornelius Bloomfield]
1816-02-08
Crow, Benjamin
Fifty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Elisha]
1816-02-08
Farmer, George
Tags: Elisha, George Farmer, jail, John Tucker, runaway ad
For Sale, A NEGRO GIRL
1816-08-08
Slack, Elijah
FOR SALE. A BLACK GIRL
1816-08-08
Tags: slave sale ad
Bill of sale for Mark, aged 25, to James Neilson for $200
1816-10-15
Taylor, Benjamin
Account of Eunis (A free Black woman)
1816-1817
Dunham, Jacob
Ledger, 1816-1847
1816-1847
Dunham, Jacob
After Dunham's death in 1832, his heirs used…
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
Permission slip for Samuel Lane to join the African Association
1817-01-15
Kirkpatrick, Andrew
[The man Sam mentioned here is Samuel Lane, who was manumitted by Andrew Kirkpatrick in…
Permission slip for Mark Harris to join the African Association
1817-01-21
Neilson, James
Permission slip for Cato to join the African Association
1817-03-01
Beach, Abraham
Manumission of Charlotte by slaveholder Ann Parker
1817-03-21
Middlesex County Clerk
Manumission of Thomas Boston by slaveholder Henry Rutgers
1817-06-12
New York Manumission Society
Tags: Henry Rutgers, manumission, Thomas Boston
Account of William Jones (record of Will's labor)
1817-08
Dunham, Jacob
Removal of Dinah to Louisiana, sold by slaveholder William Van Deursen to Jacob Klady
1817-08-30
Middlesex County Clerk
Removal of Phillis to Louisiana, sold by slaveholder Staats Van Deursen to Jacob Klady
1817-09-23
Middlesex County Clerk
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 James Crommelin [treatment of Abraham]
1817-1826
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Joseph Dunn [treatment of Tom]
1817-1826
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Robert Clark (a free black man)
1818
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Sib (a free Black woman)
1818-04-06
Dunham, Jacob
Removal of Phillis and her son Charles to Louisiana by slaveholder Nicholas Van Wickle
1818-04-22
Middlesex County Clerk
Twenty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Elsy Murray]
1818-05-14
Bogart, Peter
Tags: Elsy Murray, literate, pass, Peter Bogart, runaway ad, slave sale ad
Manumission of Samuel Lane by slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick
1818-08-21
Middlesex County Clerk
Account of Clara (a woman of color)
1818-1825
Dunham, Jacob
Permission slip for Harry to join the African Association
1819-01-09
Staats, Abraham
Birth record for Peter, son of Sarah, reported by slaveholder Dinah Voorhees
1819-04-22
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth, Dinah Voorhees, Peter, Sarah
FOR SALE, A HEALTHY ACTIVE, Black Boy
1819-06-10
Tags: slave sale ad
Permission slip for Phillis to join the African Association
1820-01-01
Neilson, John
Birth record for Charles, son of Peg, reported by slaveholder Matthew Van Dike
1820-02-01
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth, Charles, Charls, Matthew Van Dike
Birth record for Mark, son of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for Ann, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for Eliza, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Account of Henry Compton (alias Smith, a black man)
1820-1821
Dunham, Jacob
Account of William Correll (a free black man)
1820-1828
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Phoebe (a free black woman & wife of Mr. Holcomb’s black man)
1821-06-15
Dunham, Jacob
Manumission of Henry Compton by slaveholder Miles Smith
1821-11-12
Middlesex County Clerk
Account of Lucy (a woman of color, wife of Van Anglen’s man)
1821-1824
Dunham, Jacob
For Sale, A Pair of Mules, Waggon, & Wood-Sled. Likewise, A BLACK MAN
1822-01-03
Tags: slave sale ad
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
Birth record for Sally, Anthony, Albert, and George, children of Martha, reported by slaveholder Henry Van Dike
1822-01-17
Middlesex County Clerk
For Sale or Rent. THAT capital stand for business... also... A Negro Man
1822-02-28
Schureman, James
FOR SALE, A BLACK MAN, Slave for life
1822-04-18
Mundy, Michael
Tags: Michael Mundy, slave sale ad
Manumission of Miller by slaveholder Abraham S. Neilson of the firm of James H. Neilson, original certificate
1822-05-18
Manumission of John Annin (alias Jack) by slaveholder James Parker
1822-08-08
Middlesex County Clerk
Seventy Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Dick and John]
1822-10-24
Woodmansee, Daniel
Tags: Daniel Woodmansee, Dick, John, runaway ad
Six Cents Reward [runaway ad for apprentice Samuel Myers]
1822-11-14
Conover, William
Tags: apprentice, runaway ad, Samuel Myers, William Conover
$1 Dollar Reward [runaway ad for apprentice James Halfpenny]
1823-04-10
Van Dorn, Cornelius
Notice [runaway ad and warning not to extend credit for Betty]
1823-07-15
Day, Amos
Tags: Amos Day, Betty, runaway ad
Birth record of Peter, William, and Lewis, sons of Sarah Higgins, reported by slaveholder Garret Voorhees
1823-09-10
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth, Garret Voorhees, Lewis, Peter, Sarah Higgins, William
Minutes of the Common Council for March 5, 1824
1824-03-05
New Brunswick (N.J.). Common Council
NOTICE [runaway ad and sale proposition for Betty]
1824-06-24
Day, Amos
Tags: Amos Day, Betty, runaway ad, slave sale ad
$20 REWARD [runaway ad for Peter Cuff]
1824-11-24
Field, Benjamin
Tags: Benjamin Field, Peter Cuff, runaway ad
Account of Jasper (a black man at Miles Smith’s)
1825
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Nean or Nicholas (a black man)
1825-03
Dunham, Jacob
For Sale, A NEGRO BOY
1825-03-02
Davison, John R.
Tags: John R. Davison, slave sale ad
Notice [pickup notice for Tom and Frank]
1825-10-26
Bonnington, Joseph
Birth record for Jane, Emeline, and Peter, children of Susan, reported by slaveholder Jacob Dunham
1828-10-29
Middlesex County Clerk
Account of Sabina (a Black woman) and her daughter Rachel
1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob
Account of Johnston (a colored man, the barber)
1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob
Birth record for Harry, son of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Robert Boggs
1829-02-06
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: Abraham Dumont, birth, Hannah, Harry, Robert Boggs
Birth record for James and Hoace, sons of Susan, reported by slaveholder John Smalley
1829-03-16
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: birth, Hoace, James, John Smalley, Susan
Birth record for Alfred, Rose, Silvester, and Heman, children of Amy, reported by slaveholder John Van Dike
1829-08-11
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for Catherine, James, Lucy, Sophia, and Sarah, children of Phebe, reported by slaveholder Michael Garrish
1829-11-05
Middlesex County Clerk
Birth record for Cato Edgar and Martin King, sons of Dihan, reported for the estate of slaveholder John Smalley
1830-02-06
Middlesex County Clerk
Tags: Abraham S. Clark, birth, Cato Edgar, Dinah, John Smalley, Martin King
Bill of sale for Mark for $20 until he turns 25
1838-12-16
Neilson, James
Watercolor of Rutgers College
1850s
Doolittle, Theodore Sanford
Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth
1864
Truth, Sojourner
Tags: photograph, portrait, Sojourner Truth
Portrait of Henry Rutgers (1745-1830)
1867
Crehen, Charles G.
Tags: Henry Rutgers, portrait
City of New Brunswick, New Jersey / Packard & Butler Lith. Philada.
1880
Portrait of John Neilson (1745-1833)
1881
Rosenthal, Albert
WANTED—TWO GOOD COLORED GIRLS, cook and nurse
1887-04-05
Tags: wanted ad
White and Black Married. How a Young Farmer Wooed and Won an Old Negro's Daughter
1887-04-09
WANTED—COLORED WAITER MAN
1887-06-14
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
A Bethel Treat; Rutgers College Students as Minstrels and Actors
1889-11-23
Tags: blackface, Rutgers College
Colored Boarders Not Wanted
1890-05-06
Tags: Bishop Turner
Photograph of James Dickson Carr
1892
Ivy Oration
1892-06-22
Carr, James Dickson
Elections in New Jersey; Rioting between Whites and Blacks in New Brunswick
1895-04-10
Elizabeth Titus (Mrs. Thomas Titus) photograph
1898 approx.
The following handwritten caption is attached to front of the photograph:
"An Early…
Thomas Titus photograph
1898 approx.
The following handwritten caption is attached to the front of the photograph:
"An Early Member…
Photograph: Mount Zion AME Church members in the early 20th century
1900s/1910s (reprinted in 1970s)
Tags: Mount Zion AME Church, photograph, portrait
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