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1801, Sylvia Bloomfield, Manumission
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Title
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1801, Sylvia Bloomfield, Manumission
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Identifier
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NJS-EVE-00057
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Event Description
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The Freeman family of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, manumitted two enslaved people on November 30, 1802. Sylvia Bloomfield was manumitted by Israel Freeman. Sharper Roberson was manumitted by Rheuben Freeman at the same time.
The certificate of manumission for Sylvia Bloomfield was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Ezekiel Ayers, George Harrison) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (James Bonney, Ichabod Potter) on November 30, 1801. The document stated that Sylvia Bloomfield was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was 21 to 40 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. Sylvia Bloomfield's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 10, 1802.
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Date
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30 November 1801
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Primary Participant Description (verbatim)
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slave named Silvia Bloomfield
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Sex
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Female
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Age
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Adult
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21 to 40
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Source
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 33
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Manumission of Sylvia Bloomfield (certificate dated 1801-11-30), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 33. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
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Record Contributor
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Isaac Guzmán
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Jesse Bayker