Phillis (b. 1795)
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This person of African descent has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
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- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00643
- Given Name
- Phillis
- Birth Date
- 1795
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
- Phillis was a black woman born around 1795. She lived in New Brunswick, NJ. She was enslaved by Staats Van Deursen, the Treasurer of Queen's College (now Rutgers University) in New Brunswick. In 1817, Staats Van Deursen sold Phillis to a man named Jacob Klady, a New Jersey landholder who was getting ready to move to Ouachita Parish in Louisiana to establish a plantation. Klady took Phillis to Louisiana with him. Phillis's fate after moving to Louisiana is uncertain.
- Keywords
- African descent person
- Rutgers University history
- trafficked South
- Related Person
- Dinah (b. 1795)
- 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:
- 1817-09 Sale: Phillis (Role: Sold Person)
- 1817-09-23 Removal Registration: Phillis (Role: Relocated Person)
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