New Jersey Slavery Records · 1802, Shelote, Manumission

1802, Shelote, Manumission

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Title: 1802, Shelote, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00060
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: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 6 August 1802
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Primary Participant: Shelote
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Shelote
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Aruhan Fitz Randolph
Officiator: Edward Griffith; David Coriell Jr.
Judge: Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811); Alexander Dunn
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.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker