Abraham Glasgow

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00556
Given Name
Abraham
Family Name
Glasgow
Sex
Male
Biographical Description
Abraham Glasgow was an enslaved man who lived in North Brunswick, New Jersey, in the early 19th century. His enslaver was Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831), the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and a prominent Rutgers trustee. On April 29, 1809, Andrew Kirkpatrick manumitted Abraham Glasgow. Abraham Glasgow was aged 21 to 40 at the time of manumission, but his exact year of birth is not known.
Keywords
African descent person
Rutgers University history
Places
North Brunswick
Enslaved by
Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831)
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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