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1804, Clarabela, Manumission
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Title
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1804, Clarabela, Manumission
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Identifier
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NJS-EVE-00078
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Event Description
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Clarabela was manumitted by Josiah Skilton of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye, J Harrison) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Daniel Agnew, William Holmes) on April 20, 1804. The document stated that Clarabela 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. Clarabela's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 23, 1804.
West Windsor was part of Middlesex County at this time, but it would later become part of Mercer County in 1838.
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Date
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20 April 1804
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Primary Participant Description (verbatim)
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slave named Clarabela
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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 51
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Manumission of Clarabela (certificate dated 1804-04-20), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 51. 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