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Elections in New Jersey; Rioting between Whites and Blacks in New Brunswick
1895-04-10
New York Times article about a race riot during an election in New Brunswick.
Eight Dollars Reward [runaway ad for William Wilson, Indian apprentice]
1794-06-18
Pearson, Job
William Wilson, an Indian apprentice, ran away from his master Job Pearson in Trenton. His master offers eight dollars reward for Wilson's capture. Wilson was seen passing through New Brunswick on his way to New York.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
1922-03-04
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a meeting of the NAACP at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
DRY GOODS...Cholwell wants to purchase a Negro Boy
1793-10-23
Cholwell, Jacob
Jacob Cholwell, a proprietor of a dry good store on Albany Street in New Brunswick, seeks to purchase a black boy from 8 to 12 years of age.
Decision in Parmore Case Is Held
1924-01-08
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Decision in Parmore Case Is Held; Habeas Corpus Hearing in Matter of Georgia Negro, Held for Murder; counsel directed to submit briefs."
Cross Burned by Rutgers Klan at Local Cemetery
1926-06-01
New Brunswick Daily Home News reports about a ceremony held by the Rutgers Klan No. 44 in May of 1926.
Colored Race is Jubilant Because of Dyer Bill Report
1922-07-06
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about the local reaction to Washington reports about the progress on the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.
Colored Preacher Asks What Is the Matter with New Brunswick
1922-05-29
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Colored Preacher Asks What Is the Matter with New Brunswick; Declares Negro Has Made More Enemies in Times of Peace Than in War—Urges His People to Have Faith in Themselves."
Colored People to Have Uplift Work Under New Branch
1922-03-07
New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News reports that a new branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed in New Brunswick in March of 1922.
Colored People to Have Mass Meeting at the High School
1922-04-14
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a mass meeting of the local NAACP to take place on April 26, 1922, at the New Brunswick High School, with a program of speeches, song, and music. Mayor Morrison of New Brunswick is…
Colored People to Elect This Evening
1922-05-03
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a business meeting and elections for the local NAACP, to take place at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Colored People Plan Labor Day Mass Meeting
1922-08-24
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Plans are underway for a mass meeting on Labor Day, where the parent-association is expected to present the…
Colored People Hear Fine Addresses on Advancement of Race at Mass Meeting
1922-09-05
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about NAACP's mass meeting at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Colored Folks Get Edge Pledge to Vote for Anti-Lynching Bill
1922-07-29
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP, a roll-call showing that the organization stands at approximately 200 members. The officers announce that US Senator Walter E. Edge of New…
Colored Folk Plan Labor Day Demonstration
1922-08-05
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about a recent meeting of the New Brunswick NAACP at Mt. Zion AME Church. Plans and fundraising are underway for a big Labor Day Demonstration.
Colored Congregations Unite in Mass Meeting to Save Southern Negro
1923-12-17
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Colored Congregations Unite in Mass Meeting to Save Southern Negro; Fund of $100 Subscribed at Ebenezer Baptist—Attorney Kalteissen Cheered and Made Deacon."
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)
NAACP flyer promoting the mass meeting in support of Silas Parmore. The meeting took place on Sunday, December 16, 1923, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Colored Boarders Not Wanted
1890-05-06
New York Times reports that Bishop Turner and other attendees at the conference of the New-Jersey African Methodist Church complain about racial discrimination by hotel owners in New Brunswick. "Bishop Turner" likely refers to Henry McNeal Turner…
Colored Advancement Meetings to Alternate Between Two Churches
1922-08-01
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing that the meetings of the New Brunswick NAACP will henceforth alternate between Ebenezer Baptist Church and Mt. Zion AME Church.
Charter Granted to Local Klan; Rutgers Klan Title of Local Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan
1926-03-07
New Brunswick Sunday Times reports that a new local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan is established in New Brunswick in March of 1926. The title of the new chapter is "Rutgers Klan number 44."
Certification of Tony’s consent to be sold to John Neilson for 5 years
1798-04-24
Phillips, Elijah
Elijah Phillips, a judge of the Middlesex County Court of Common Pleas, certifies that an enslaved man named Tony consents to be sold to John Neilson.
Catalogue of the officers and alumni of Rutgers college (originally Queen's College) in New Brunswick, N.J, 1766 to 1916
1916
Rutgers University
This catalog, published 150 years after the granting of the school's charter, provides a comprehensive list of trustees, officers, faculty, and alumni of the university. The book includes also historical sketches of some of the early officers.
Birth record for Rachel, daughter of Hanna, reported by slaveholder Jacob Van Dike
1805-04-11
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder Jacob Van Dike reports that Hanna, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Rachel on October 16, 1804.
For more about Jacob Van Dike (1754-1827) and the people that he enslaved, see our New Jersey Slavery Records database.
Birth record for Mark, son of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder John Nielson reports that an enslaved woman named Ambo gave birth to son Mark on July 27, 1818. Mark's father is Mark, Ambo's husband. [Per New Jersey law, Mark became a slave for a term until he reached 25 years of age in the year 1843.…
Birth record for Maria, daughter of Charlotte, reported by slaveholder Ann Parker
1814-06-18
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder Ann Parker reports that an enslaved woman named Charlotte gave birth to daughter Maria on July 5, 1812.
Birth record for Harry, son of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Robert Boggs
1829-02-06
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder Robert Boggs reports that Hannah, an enslaved woman, gave birth to son Harry in North Branch, Somerset County, on February 20, 1826. Robert Boggs states that he recently purchased Hannah and Harry from their previous owner Abraham Dumont,…
Birth record for Ellen, daughter of Caty, reported by slaveholder Mary Deare
1812-12-09
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder Mary Deare reports that Caty, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Ellen in March 1812. The precise date of birth is omitted from the record; only the month has been recorded by the clerk.
Birth record for Eliza, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder John Nielson reports that an enslaved woman named Ambo gave birth to daughter Eliza on July 2, 1816. Eliza's father is Mark, Ambo's husband.
Birth record for Clara, daughter of Ambo, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1812-12-19
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder John Neilson reports that an enslaved woman named Ambo gave birth to daughter Clara on September 14, 1812.
Birth record for Charles, son of Charlotte, reported by slaveholder Ann Parker
1814-06-18
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder Ann Parker reports that an enslaved woman named Charlotte gave birth to son Charles on March 7, 1810.
Birth record for Ann, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
1820-05-03
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder John Nielson reports that an enslaved woman named Ambo gave birth to daughter Ann on June 23, 1814. Ann's father is Mark, Ambo's husband.
Bill of sale for Tony
1798-04-24
Read, Thomas
Thomas Read and Moses Scott (on behalf of Archibold Read) sold a man named Tony to John Neilson for $100.
Bill of Sale for Prince, to John Neilson
1815-05-25
Vermeule, Cornelius C.
Cornelius C. Vermeule sold an enslaved man named Prince to John Neilson for a term of four years, three month, and six days for $150.
Bill of sale for Mark, aged 25, to James Neilson for $200
1816-10-15
Taylor, Benjamin
Benjamin Taylor sells an enslaved man named Mark to James Neilson (1784-1862) for $200 on October 15, 1816. Mark is approximately 25 years old. Neilson promises to manumit Mark on March 12, 1821.
Award for First Negroes Living on N.J.C. Campus
1949-06-07
An article reporting that two African American seniors, Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons, received the Heritage Award given by the Associate Alumnae of the New Jersey College for Women. The citation with the award read: “With quiet understanding, rare…
Anti-Lynching Demonstration at Mount Zion
1922-09-05
Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Anti-Lynching Demonstration at Mount Zion; Colored Republicans Endorse Dwyer Bill—Rev. Stiles Urges Recognition of Negro Rights—Rev. Roundtree Speaks."
Advertisement for The Clansman: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
1908-03-25
An ad for The Clansman: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan by Thomas Dixon Jr., to be performed at the New Brunswick Opera House on March 25, 1908.
Advertisement for The Birth of a Nation
1916-03-04
An ad for The Birth of a Nation at the New Brunswick Opera House beginning Monday, March 6, 1916.
Acquitted on Second Trial for Murder
1925-11-18
Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Acquitted on Second Trial for Murder; Man Arrested Here Found Not Guilty in Georgia and Headed North; Likely to Soon Reappear Here."
Account of William Jones (record of Will's labor)
1817-08
Dunham, Jacob
Jacob Dunham's account book shows that Dunham hired out his enslaved man named Will to William Jones. Will worked for William Jones between August 4 and 13, 1817. This included work as "tending mason" with Mr. Chapman on August 5, 1817. William Jones…
Account of William Correll (a free black man)
1820-1828
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by William Correll for medical services that the doctor provided from 1820 to 1828.
Account of Sib (a free Black woman)
1818-04-06
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided Sib on April 6, 1818.
Account of Sabina (a Black woman) and her daughter Rachel
1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Sabina and Rachel for medical services that the doctor provided in 1828 and 1829.
Account of Robert Clark (a free black man)
1818
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided Robert Clark's household during August 1818.
Account of Phoebe (a free black woman & wife of Mr. Holcomb’s black man)
1821-06-15
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided Phoebe on June 15, 1821.
Account of Nean or Nicholas (a black man)
1825-03
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided Nean/Nicholas in March 1825.
Account of Levi Pricket [treatment of Post's negro boy]
1817-1819
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Levi Pricket for medical services that the doctor provided to Pricket's household from 1817 to 1819.
On July 14, 1817, Jacob Dunham charged Levi Pricket for “dressing Post's negro boy’s eye at…
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
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Joseph Dunn for medical services that the doctor provided to Dunn's household from 1817 to 1826. Among the people treated in Joseph Dunn's household was an enslaved man named Tom.
Account of Johnston (a colored man, the barber)
1828-1829
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the balance due for medical services he provided Johnston in October 1828 and January 1829.
Account of Jasper (a black man at Miles Smith’s)
1825
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the medical services he provided for Jasper and his family in September 1825.
Account of James Crommelin [treatment of Abraham]
1817-1826
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by James Crommelin for medical services that the doctor provided to Crommelin's household from 1817 to 1826. Dr. Dunham treated an enslaved man named Abraham at Crommelin's.
Account of Henry Compton (alias Smith, a black man)
1820-1821
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Henry Compton for medical services that the doctor provided from 1820 to 1821.
Account of Eunis (A free Black woman)
1816-1817
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Eunis for medical services that the doctor provided between 1816-1817.
Account of Clara (a woman of color)
1818-1825
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Clara for medical services that the doctor provided from 1818 to 1825.
A NEGRO WOMAN FOR SALE
1809-07-20
A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a black woman, aged 26. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper Guardian, or, New Brunswick…
A Negro Man For Sale
1810-05-31
Taylor, Hariot
Hariot Taylor of Perth Amboy seeks to sell a 30-year-old black man belonging to the estate of Joseph Taylor. Buyers can also apply to John Heard of New Brunswick for information.
A BLACK BOY NINE years old...for sale
1809-07-20
A slaveholder in New Brunswick seeks to sell a 9-year-old black boy. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper Guardian, or, New Brunswick…
A Bethel Treat; Rutgers College Students as Minstrels and Actors
1889-11-23
The New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News reports that Rutgers College students performed as minstrels and actors at the Bethel Mission Sunday School. The students appeared in blackface during this performance.
12,000 of Klan Out at Jersey Meeting: Hold Heavily Guarded Initiation on a Lonely Farm Near New Brunswick
1923-05-03
New York Times article about a massive Ku Klux Klan (KKK) initiation ceremony held on May 2, 1923, at a farm near New Brunswick.
100 Dolls. Reward [runaway ad for Cato]
1815-03-16
Farmer, George
Two black men, named Leven and Cato, both aged approximately 23 years, ran away from slaveholder George Farmer on November 22, 1814. George Farmer offers a reward of $100 for their capture and describes the men's clothing and physical features in…
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
Article in The Fiery Cross (a Ku Klux Klan publication) about a massive KKK initiation ceremony held on May 2, 1923, at a farm near New Brunswick.