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Birth record for Sarah Ann, daughter of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Elizabeth Vandeventer

1809-03-28
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Elizabeth Vandeventer, reports that Hannah, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Sarah Ann on May 17, 1808.

(Hannah gave birth to two daughters on May 17, 1808. See related birth record for Sarah Ann.)

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

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Executors of the estate of slaveholder John Smalley report that Dinah, an enslaved woman, gave birth to sons Cato Edgar (on October 25, 1825) and Martin King (on July 24, 1829).

Birth record for Deyaun, reported by Jacob Vandevanter

1807-05-20
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Jacob Vandevanter Sr. reports that an enslaved female child named Deyaun was born in his household on September 4, 1806. The mother's name is not listed in this record.

Birth record for Dinah, daughter of Rose, reported by slaveholder George Farmer

1805-08-12
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder George Farmer reports that Rose, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Dinah on January 30, 1805.

Birth record for Julia Ann, daughter of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Elizabeth Vandeventer

1809-03-28
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Elizabeth Vandeventer, reports that Hannah, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Julia Ann on May 17, 1808.

(Hannah gave birth to two daughters on May 17, 1808. See related birth record for Sarah Ann.)

Birth record for Katy or Catharine, daughter of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Abraham Dunham

1805-04-04
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Abraham Dunham reports that Hannah, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Katy or Catharine on November 27, 1804. For more about Abraham Dunham (1750-1826) and the many people that he enslaved, see our New Jersey Slavery Records…

Birth record for Martha, daughter of Susan, reported by slaveholder Michael Garrish

1806-02-04
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Michael Garrish reports that Susan, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Martha on December 27, 1805.

FOR SALE, A BLACK MAN, Slave for life

1822-04-18
Mundy, Michael

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Michael Mundy of Piscataway seeks to sell a black man in a private sale. The man is 33 years old and is skilled in farming.

Livingston College Center


Rutgers University

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Color photograph of the Livingston Student Center on Livingston Campus at Rutgers University.

Manumission of Henry Compton by slaveholder Miles Smith

1821-11-12
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Miles Smith manumitted a 22-year-old man named Henry Compton on 11/12/1821. The Middlesex County Book of Manumissions and Removals contains two records related to Henry Compton’s manumission. The Certificate of Manumission was issued on…

Memo: Harry Hazelwood Jr.'s phone call regarding his son's incident with Campus Patrol

1974-03-18
Pawa, Irving

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A memo by Irving Pawa, Acting Director of Alumni Relations, regarding his phone conversation with Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943. On March 18, 1974, Hazelwood (who was a judge in Essex County) called Pawa to discuss an incident involving his son's…

THREE DOLLARS REWARD [runaway ad for apprentice James Gilman]

1792-05-01
Bloomfield, John

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A 16-year-old apprentice named James Gilman ran away from his master John Bloomfield at Woodbridge on January 30, 1792. Gilman was seen leaving Boye's tavern in the village of Quibbletown (present-day New Market area in Piscataway) and going toward…

Twenty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Elsy Murray]

1818-05-14
Bogart, Peter

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Elsy Murray, a 20-year-old black woman, ran away from slaveholder Peter Bogart in Princeton on February 13, 1818. Elsy Murray could read well and had a pass for 2 days. She had a brother near Piscataway, and the slaveholder supposed that someone…