Sam (b. ca. 1774)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00618
Given Name
Sam
Birth Date
1774
Sex
Male
Biographical Description
Sam was a Black man who lived in New Jersey. He was born around 1774. He was enslaved by a man named James Stevenson of Amwell, Hunterdon County (who was a Queen's College graduate). In April 1792, when Sam was 18 years old, he ran away from James Stevenson seeking his freedom. James Stevenson placed a newspaper ad offering a reward for Sam's return. The ad described Sam as a "Negro Boy" who was 5 feet and 6 or 7 inches tall.
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African descent person
Rutgers University history
Places
Amwell
Enslaved by
James Stevenson (1763-1839)
References

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
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