Elijah Phillips
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This white person has 9 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Record Title
- Elijah Phillips
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00056
- Given Name
- Elijah
- Family Name
- Phillips
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Legal
- Biographical Description
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Elijah Phillips was a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey. He served as the Justice of the Peace for the county in the early 19th century. In this official capacity, he issued manumission certificates for residents of North Brunswick whose enslavers agreed to set them free.
Middlesex County records indicate that Elijah Phillips was an enslaver. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- government official
- Place of Significance
- North Brunswick
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Certification of Tony’s consent to be sold to John Neilson (Certification of Tony’s consent to be sold to John Neilson, April 24, 1798. Neilson Family Papers, 1768-1908 (MC 933). Box 4, Folder 45: J & J Neilson - Papers relating to purchase of slaves. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1798-04-24 Sale: Tony (Role: Judge)
- 1802-04-20 Manumission: Solomon Laing (Role: Witness)
- 1802-07-03 Manumission: Sarah (Role: Judge)
- 1802-09-14 Manumission: Richard (Role: Judge)
- 1803-12-21 Manumission: Robert Campton (Role: Judge)
- 1804-05-02 Manumission: Peter (Role: Judge)
- 1804-07-02 Manumission: Lenah (Role: Judge)
- 1805-02-18 Birth: Daniel (Role: Enslaver)
- 1805-06-01 Manumission: Nelly Stevens (Role: Judge)
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