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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey"

Thirty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Tom]

1799-12-10
Throckmorton, William

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Tom, a black man, ran away from slaveholder William Throckmorton in South Amboy on August 25, 1799. Tom is about 25 years old. His master offers a reward of 30 dollars for Tom's return and notes that Tom was seen on the road to Trenton, possibly on…

Birth record of Peter, William, and Lewis, sons of Sarah Higgins, reported by slaveholder Garret Voorhees

1823-09-10
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Garret Voorhees reports that Sarah Higgins, an enslaved women, gave birth to three sons between 1821 and 1823: Peter (01-21-1821), William (03-23-1822), and Lewis (07-14-1823).

$1 Dollar Reward [runaway ad for apprentice James Halfpenny]

1823-04-10
Van Dorn, Cornelius

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A 17-year-old apprentice named James Halfpenny ran away from his master Cornelius Van Dorn of South Amboy. His master offers a reward of $1 for James Halfpenny's capture.