Gabriel

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00544
Given Name
Gabriel
Sex
Male
Biographical Description
Gabriel was a Black man enslaved to Joseph Freeman Sr. of Woodbridge, NJ. His year and date of birth are unknown.

On March 10, 1795, Joseph Freeman Sr. signed a document promising to manumit Gabriel, but stating that Gabriel "shall be set free" only "after the decease of me and my wife Susannah." Joseph Freeman Sr. died in 1797; the date of death of Susannah Freeman is uncertain. Whether and when Gabriel attained freedom is unknown. The aforementioned document signed by Joseph Freeman Sr. in 1795 was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk in the Book of Manumissions and Removals in 1808. It is possible that Gabriel attained freedom by 1808. However, a copy of the requisite manumission certificate for Gabriel (which would normally be issued by the Justice of the Peace of Middlesex County) has not been found in the book.
Keywords
African descent person
Places
Woodbridge
Enslaved by
Joseph Freeman Sr. (1709-1797)
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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