Title

1794, David, Sale

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00042

Event Description

On December 15, 1794, Gilbert T. Snowden purchased an enslaved man named David from one Abraham Dean of Middlesex County, NJ. It appears that Snowden purchased David with the intention of liberating him. Four months after the sale, Snowden manumitted David, signing a deed of manumission on April 20, 1795. The information about David's sale comes from this deed of manumission, which was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk in the Book of Manumissions and Removals on May 27, 1808 (p. 75).

Event Type

Freedom status transaction: Sale

Action Status

Completed

Date

15 December 1794

Location

Middlesex County, NJ

Following Event

1795, David, Manumission

Primary Participant

David

Sex

Male

Age

Adult

Freedom Status

Enslaved

Enslaver of Primary Event Participant

Abraham Dean

Gilbert Tennent Snowden (1766-1797)

Seller

Abraham Dean

Buyer

Gilbert Tennent Snowden (1766-1797)

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 75

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 75. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. XI. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Author

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker