Report of Blacks in Northampton, addressed to Robert Smith Jr of Burlington · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier

NJS-SRC-02863

Source Type

Census or Register

Author

New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

Location Created

Northampton

Date

1797 – 1798

Description

This document is a single page with a list of Black people residing in Northampton, Burlington County, provided to Robert Smith Jr of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. The list appears to enumerate both free and enslaved people, but does not explicitly note the freedom status of each person. Some lines list a dollar amount representing the family's "worth in dollars," i.e., the estimated property that the family holds, with William Boen and wife being the most prosperous, with a worth of $300. Most lines do not list an amount. Some people are listed by first name only, while others include a last name. Only one line mentions the name of an enslaver associated with the person ("Primos slave to L. Rosel").

The report is undated. Other documents in the same file suggest that the society collected these reports circa 1797–1798.

The abbreviation "do" (for ditto) was used throughout the document, referring to a repetition of words from the preceding line. The intended words have been entered into the transcript in [brackets].

Transcript

A Somery acct. of the number, & condition &c. of }
the black People in the Township of Northampton } Worth in Dollars

Jno. Guy. Wife & Children. Industrus.......... 20
Primos.. Slave to L. Rosel...
Isaac...
Primos & Wife. Sober...
Wm Boen & Wife Sober.......... 300
Zacariah & Wife...
Daniel Plomery...
Jno. [Plomery]
Jacob [Plomery]
Prince Wife & 3 Children...
Thos. Brown Wife & 2 [Children]
Jessy Ash Wife (Shoe maker) Industrus.......... 200
Hannah Williams Industrus...
Cato Bounds Indus:.......... 50
Benjn Franks & Wife Indus:.......... 20
Sip
Luke & Wife.......... 20
Thos. Brown Wife & Several Children...
James Hug Wife & [Several Children]
Jesse Coones - Wife & Children. Indus:.......... 50
Jno. Richardson Wife [& Children]...
Anthony Pero & Wife.......... 200
Charles Green Wife & Children. Indus...
Jacob Trusly & Wife...
Aaron Sill Wife & Children...
Brister... (Chimny Sweep)...
James Hugh Wife & Children
Moses & Wife...
Sip White & Wife. Sober.......... 30

[verso]

Robert Smith Jr.
Mercht.
Burlington

Report of Blacks in Northampton

Language

English

Format

Handwritten list, single sheet, double-sided

Sequence Number

2003.5.3