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1817-04-11 Removal: Maria
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Title
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1817-04-11 Removal: Maria
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Identifier
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NJS-EVE-00194
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Source
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 195
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Removal certificate for Maria (1817-04-11) recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 195. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
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Event Description
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A removal certificate authorizing enslaver Henry T. Bell to remove Maria, an enslaved woman aged 21 years and 7 months, from the state of New Jersey was issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex County on April 11, 1817. The certificate was signed by two judges (Thomas Hance and John Outcalt). The document stated that Maria was examined by the judges and consented to move with Henry T. Bell from New Brunswick, NJ, to New York City. The certificate was recorded by the County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 12, 1817.
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Event Type
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Legal: Removal registration
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Date
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11 April 1817
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County (Modern)
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Middlesex
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County (Historical)
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Middlesex
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Participant Details
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DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:
*** Maria (b. 1795) ***
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 21
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry T. Bell
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro slave named Maria aged twenty one years and seven months"
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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:
Henry T. Bell
Role: Enslaver
Thomas Hance
Role: Judge
John Outcalt (1770-1853)
Role: Judge
William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk
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Record Contributor
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Jesse Bayker