Rachel Freeman
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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-05341
- Given Name
- Rachel
- Family Name
- Freeman
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
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Rachel Freeman was a young Black woman who lived in Gloucester County, New Jersey, in the late 18th century. According to a partially torn document filed at the Gloucester County Clerk's Office, she was enslaved by John Sparks and then was transferred to Samuel Folwell. John Sparks and Samuel Folwell signed an indenture agreement regarding Rachel in 1794, whereby Samuel Folwell promised to treat Rachel as an apprentice and set her free after she served him for a certain amount of time. How long Rachel was supposed to serve as an apprentice is unclear due to the fact that the original document was torn, and some text is missing. The document is also missing the name of the town or village where the people involved in this agreement resided.
Note that a woman named Tenvi Freeman was manumitted by John Sparks in Deptford several years later. It is possible that Rachel and Tenvi Freeman were related, and that Rachel Freeman had also lived in Deptford at some point. - Keywords
- African descent person
- Places
- Gloucester County
- Related Person
- Tenvi Freeman (b. ca. 1774)
- Record Contributor
- Kemy Rodriguez
- Linked Events
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Primary Participant in:
- 1794-08-14 Term Indenture / Promise to Manumit: Rachel Freeman (Role: Indentured Person)
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