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On March 5, 1824, the New Brunswick Common Council adopted a resolution establishing a curfew for "negros or blacks" on Saturday nights at 10 PM. The Common Council empowered the Committee in relation to Paupers, Vagrants and Free Negros to detain…

Minutes of the Common Council for 1796-1819. Bound with extracts of the Minutes of the Common Council of New Brunswick N.J. from May 14, 1819, to July 23, 1832.Copied for the New Brunswick N.J. Historical Society by Louise Marshall Vandivert in 1909.…