1780-01-01 Freedom Seeking: Peter Stogdon · New Jersey Slavery Records

Identifier: NJS-EVE-01838
Source: Book of Negroes record: Embarkation of ship Ann, shipmaster John Clark; Book of Negroes record: Embarkation of ship Ann, shipmaster John Clark, July 8, 1783.
Event Description: Circa 1780, during the Revolutionary War, a man named Peter escaped from his enslaver Robert Stockton of Princeton, New Jersey. He was about 20 years old at this time. Peter made his way to the British troops in New York where he was able to attain freedom for his loyalty to the British.

Peter's name was listed as "Peter Stogdon" in the records of the British Loyalists, Stogdon being a common alternative spelling of Stockton.
Event Type: Freedom Seeking
Date: January 1, 1780
Date Certainty: Approximate
Location of Event: Princeton
Related Place: New York City, New York
Following Event: 1783-07-08 Ship Embarkation: Peter Stogdon
Primary Participants: Peter Stogdon (b. ca. 1760) {Stockton}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04785
Role: Runaway
Age: 20
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Stockton (1730-1805)
Additional Participants: Robert Stockton (1730-1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02718
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVER
Record Contributor: Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux; Jesse Bayker; Princeton & Slavery Project