Birth record for Clara, daughter of Ambo, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
Title
Birth record for Clara, daughter of Ambo, reported by slaveholder John Neilson
Creator
Description
Slaveholder John Neilson reports that an enslaved woman named Ambo gave birth to daughter Clara on September 14, 1812.
Date
1812-12-19
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1812-09-14
Language
English
Relation
Text (Transcript)
I John Neilson of the city of New Brunswick in the township of North Brunswick in the county of Middlesex State of New Jersey, certify that a female negro child called Clara was born of my slave Ambo at the place aforesaid on the 14 day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred twelve. - Witness my hand at New Brunswick aforesd.
John Neilson. -
Rec-d. December 19, 1812 recorded. -
John Neilson. -
Rec-d. December 19, 1812 recorded. -
Page
50
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Archival collection
Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1)
Archival location
Birth of Slaves, 1804-1844
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Middlesex County Register of Black Children (Birth of Slaves, 1804-1844) |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Birth record for Mark, son of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Birth record for Ann, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Birth record for Eliza, daughter of Ambo and Mark, reported by slaveholder John Neilson |
Collection
Citation
Middlesex County Clerk, “Birth record for Clara, daughter of Ambo, reported by slaveholder John Neilson,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed March 24, 2023, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/88.