Isaac Clarkson
- Research Tips
-
This white person has 7 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00172
- Given Name
- Isaac
- Family Name
- Clarkson
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Government
- Biographical Description
-
Isaac Clarkson was an enslaver who resided in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the early 19th century.
He served as the Overseer of the Poor of Woodbridge in the 1810s. In this official capacity, he issued manumission certificates for residents of Woodbridge whose enslavers agreed to set them free. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- government official
- Places
- Woodbridge
- Enslaver of
- Jack (b. 1781)
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
-
Author:
- Runaway ad for Jack, by Isaac Clarkson (Runaway ad for Jack, by Isaac Clarkson, "TEN DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, August 30, 1803, p. 3.)
- Linked Events
-
Additional Participant in:
- 1803-08-10 Freedom Seeking: Jack (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
- 1810-08-11 Manumission: Tabitha (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1810-11-09 Manumission: Jane (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1811-04-08 Manumission: Vilet (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1811-09-23 Manumission: Cato (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1811-09-23 Manumission: Jess (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- 1811-09-23 Manumission: Hager (Role: Overseer of the Poor)
- Resource class
- Agent