1815-11-20 Manumission: Marinda Holland

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01959
Source
Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents

New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration. Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents. Newark: Historical Records Survey, 1940.
Event Description
The following manumission record from Gloucester County was transcribed by the Historical Records Survey Project of the Works Progress Administration. The transcript was originally published in 1940 in the book titled Transcriptions of Early County Records of New Jersey: Gloucester County Series Slave Documents. The transcript is reproduced below as it appeared in that book.

The manumission documents for 21-year-old Rin or Marinda Holland were filed by Joseph O. Clark, who performed the manumission in his capacity as the administrator of the estate of Rebecca Blackwood (widow of Samuel Blackwood, and daughter-in-law of Joseph Blackwood Esq). The manumission deed provides additional information about Marinda Holland's life trajectory from her birth into slavery in Joseph Blackwood's home until her manumission by Rebecca Holland's estate. The documents were filed in Deptford.

TRANSCRIPT:

[DOCUMENT 38]

Know all men by these presents that Whereas Joseph Blackwood Esq late of the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey by a certain writing under his hand and seal duly Executed and bearing date the 14th day of July A D 1800 Therin did Grant Bargain and Sell unto his son Samuel Blackwood and to his heirs and Assigns A Certain Negro Girl named Rin or Marinda who was Born a Slave to the said Joseph Blackwood and the said Samuel Blackwood became so seized of said Negro Slave died seized of the same, And Whereas Rebecca Blackwood Widow and Administratrix of the said Samuel Blackwood Having taken the said Negro Girl at the appraisement of her Husbands Estate Whereby she became the property of the said Rebecca Blackwood who also died seized of the said Slave and Whereas Joseph O. Clark having obtained letters of Administration of the Estate of said Rebecca Blackwood agreeably to Law and Whereas the said Negro Slave now aged about Twenty one years of age was Appraised to him at Fifty Dollars and the said Joseph O. Clark having taken the said negro at the appraisement for the purpose of Manumiting and Setter her Free Now Know ye that I Joseph O. Clark having procured from the overseer of the poor of the township of Debtford and two of the Justices of the peace of said County of Gloucester Certificates agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of said State in such cases made and provided Certifying that the said Negro Girl is a proper subject for Manumition agreeably to the provisions of said Act as by the said Certificate will appear Do hereby in pursuant to the Laws of the State of New Jersey in such cases Made And provided amd by those presents Doth Manumit and Set Free from Slavery the said Negro Girl Named Rin or Marinda Aged about twenty one Years in Witness whereof I the above named Joseph O. Clark hath to these presents set my hand and Seal the twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen 1815
Joseph O. Clark (Seal)

Signed Sealed and Delivered In the presence of
Thomas Hendry
Marmaduke Wood

Gloucester ss Be It Remembered that on the twentieth day of November A D Eighteen hundred and fifteen before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common pleas of said County personally Appeared the within Named Joseph O. Clark and Acknowledged that he signed sealed and Delivered the within deed of Manumition, to and for the uses and purposes therein Mentioned. Acknowledged the Day and year above written before
Jacob Glover

[DOCUMENT 39]

1815
20 Nov

[Verso]

Deed of Manumission for Marina Holland
Recd Novemr 20th 1815 and recorded in the Clerks office of Gloucester
County in Lib W folio 310 of Deeds

Thos. Hendry Clk

Acknowledgement .50
Recording ,5o
$1.00

Gloucester County to Wit We do hereby Certify that on this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen Joseph O. Clark of said County Brought before us two of the overseers of the poor of the township of Debtford and two of the Justices of the peace of said County his Slave Named Rin or Marinda Holland who on View and Examination appears to be sound in mind and not under any Bodily incapacity of obtaining a Support and also is not under the age of twenty one years nor above the Age of Forty years in Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands the day and year above written

John Shivers ) Overseers of the poor
Thomas T. Sparks ) of the township of Debtford

Thomas Hendry ) Justice of the peace
Marmaduke Wood ) in and for the County of Gloucester
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
November 20, 1815
Location of Event
Deptford
Preceding Event
1800-07-14 Sale: Marinda Holland
Primary Participants

Marinda Holland (b. ca. 1794) {Rin}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05445
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rebecca Blackwood
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Girl named Rin or Marinda who was Born a Slave to the said Joseph Blackwood / the said Negro Girl Named Rin or Marinda Aged about twenty one Years / Slave Named Rin or Marinda Holland"
Additional Participants

Rebecca Blackwood
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05440
Role: Enslaver, Deceased
Comment: Marinda's most recent legal owner, now deceased

Joseph O. Clark
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05441
Role: Executor or Administrator
Comment: administrator of the estate of Rebecca Blackwood performing the manumission of Marinda

Joseph Blackwood
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05438
Role: Former Enslaver Mentioned
Comment: Marinda's original legal owner who sold her to son Samuel Blackwood

Samuel Blackwood
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05439
Role: Former Enslaver Mentioned
Comment: Marinda's deceased legal owner who bequeathed her to his wife Rebecca Blackwood

John Shivers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05442
Role: Overseer of the Poor
Comment: Overseer of the Poor of Deptford

Thomas T. Sparks
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05443
Role: Overseer of the Poor
Comment: Overseer of the Poor of Deptford

Thomas Hendry
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04440
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County, and also the Clerk who recorded the document

Marmaduke Wood
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05444
Role: Judge
Comment: Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County
Record Contributor
Kemy Rodriguez
Resource class
Event