Bell

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00348
Given Name
Bell
Sex
Female
Biographical Description
Bell was a Black woman who was enslaved by William Livingston (New Jersey's first governor after the Revolution and namesake of Livingston College at Rutgers University). She lived with the Livingston family in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Bell gained freedom in October 1787 when William Livingston manumitted her together with her son Lambert. The manumission document mentioned that she was born in the Livingston family "in a state of slavery." She was most likely born in New York State where Livingston lived until 1772 before he moved to Elizabeth.
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African descent person
Rutgers University history
Places
Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown)
New York
Enslaved by
William Livingston (1723-1790)
Parent of
Lambert {son of Bell}
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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