Peter Davis
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This person of African descent has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-04960
- Given Name
- Peter
- Family Name
- Davis
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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The New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery enumerated black people (free and enslaved) who lived in Springfield and New Hanover townships, Burlington County, around 1797. This person’s name appeared on the list. The report did not specify whether this person lived in Springfield or in New Hanover. See the related Registration event for more information about the report.
Peter Davis was listed as a slave, but the name of his enslaver was not written down. He was listed as "Superannuated" (a designation typically applied to people over the age of 40 who were deemed too old for strenuous labor), but also as "industrious." - Keywords
- African descent person
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Primary Participant in:
- 1797 Registration: enslaved and free Black people in Springfield and New Hanover (Role: Registered Person)
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