1810 Transfer: Daniel Clark

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01963
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. See manumission document 46.
Event Description
In 1810, a Black man named Daniel Clark (also called Benjamin Clark) was sold, given, or transferred by his original enslaver Jenifer Taylor to Ignatius Taylor in Kent County, Delaware. Whether this transfer was the result of a sale or another arrangement is uncertain. This transfer of ownership is mentioned in a manumission deed that was filed for Clark years later in 1824 after Clark ran away to New Jersey and bought his own freedom from Ignatius Taylor.

The relevant passage from the manumission deed, which was signed by Ignatius Taylor, reads as follows:

"Daniel Clark otherwise called Benjamin Clark a black man Slave born in the county of Kent in the State of Delaware in the month of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one the Slave of Jenifer Taylor and by him given & delivered to me the Subscriber sometime about the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten"
Event Type
Transfer
Date
1810
Location of Event
Kent County, Delaware
Following Event
1824-06-16 Manumission: Daniel Clark
Primary Participants

Daniel Clark (b. 1781) {alias Benjamin Clark}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05454
Role: Sold Person
Age: 29
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jenifer Taylor
- Ignatius Taylor
Additional Participants

Jenifer Taylor
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05455
Role: Enslaver, Seller
Comment: seller or original enslaver

Ignatius Taylor
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05456
Role: Enslaver, Buyer
Comment: buyer or new enslaver
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event