Benjamin Taylor Jr.
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This white person has 5 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00017
- Given Name
- Benjamin
- Family Name
- Taylor
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Maritime
- Biographical Description
- Benjamin Taylor was a marine captain who resided in New Brunswick, NJ, in the 1810s. Taylor was the enslaver of a man named Mark Harris. Taylor sold Mark Harris to James Neilson in 1816.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- New Brunswick
- Enslaver of
- Mark Harris Sr. (b. 1791)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Bill of sale for Mark, sold by Benjamin Taylor to James Neilson (Bill of sale for Mark, sold by Benjamin Taylor to James Neilson, October 15, 1816. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Neilson Family Papers, 1768-1908 (MC 933). Box 4, Folder 45: J & J Neilson - Papers relating to purchase of slaves.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1811-09-08 Marriage: Mark Harris Sr., Ambo Harris (Role: Enslaver)
- 1812-09-14 Birth: Clara Harris (Role: Enslaver)
- 1814-06-23 Birth: Ann Harris (Role: Enslaver)
- 1816-07-02 Birth: Eliza Harris (Role: Enslaver)
- 1816-10-15 Sale: Mark Harris Sr. (Role: Enslaver, Seller)
- Resource class
- Agent