New Jersey Slavery Records · 1817, Samuel Lane, Membership or participation

1817, Samuel Lane, Membership or participation

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Title: 1817, Samuel Lane, Membership or participation
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00011
Primary Participant: Samuel Lane
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): my man Sam...a slave
Age: adult
Event Description: Samuel Lane was one of the founding members of the African Association of New Brunswick, and his name appears on the first list of subscribers in January 1817. Lane was enslaved at this time. He received a permission slip from enslaver Andrew Kirkpatrick to join the organization.

The following is a transcript of the permission slip signed by Andrew Kirkpatrick:

"I do hereby give permission to my man Sam to become a member of and to attend the African Society in the city of New Brunswick, and to join them in all such things as shall be lawful and necessary, and at the same time consistent with his condition as a slave.  

15 Jan. 17. And Kirkpatrick"
Event Type: Membership or participation
Date: 15 January 1817
Action Status: Completed
Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831)
Permission From: Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831)
Organization: African Association of New Brunswick
Source: Permission slip for Samuel Lane to join the African Association, by Andrew Kirkpatrick; Permission slip for Samuel Lane to join the African Association, by Andrew Kirkpatrick. African Association of New Brunswick (N.J.). Minute Book, 1817-1824 (MC 50). Loose slip glued to a back page in the Minute Book. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.