Dick (b. ca. 1789)
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This person of African descent has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
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- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00611
- Given Name
- Dick
- Birth Date
- 1789
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- Dick was an enslaved young man who ran away from his enslaver, named Alpheus Freeman, in New Brunswick, NJ, in August 1807. He was about 17 or 18 years old when he ran away to seek freedom.
- Keywords
- African descent person
- Rutgers University history
- Places
- New Brunswick
- Enslaved by
- Alpheus Freeman (1766-1813)
- References
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Bayker, Jesse, Christopher Blakley, and Kendra Boyd. "His Name Was Will: Remembering Enslaved Individuals in Rutgers History." In Scarlet and Black: Vol. 1, Slavery and Dispossession in Rutgers History, edited by Marisa Fuentes and Deborah Gray White, 58–81. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1k3s9r0.7
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Primary Participant in:
- 1807-07-16 Freedom Seeking: Dick (Role: Runaway)
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