1802-08-06 Manumission: Shelote · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier

NJS-EVE-00060

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 36

Manumission of Shelote (certificate dated 1802-08-06), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 36. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Shelote was manumitted by Aruhan F. Randolph of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Edward Griffith, David Coriell Jr.) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel F. Randolph, Alexander Dunn) on August 6, 1802. The document stated that Shelote 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. Shelote's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 10, 1802.

Event Type

Manumission

Date

August 6, 1802

Location of Event

Piscataway

Primary Participants

Shelote
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00455
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Aruhan Fitz Randolph
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Shelote"

Additional Participants

Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00030
Role: Judge

Alexander Dunn
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00029
Role: Judge

Edward Griffith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00025
Role: Overseer of the Poor

David Coriell Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00026
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Aruhan Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00057
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

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