Grace (b. ca. 1790)
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This person of African descent has 3 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
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- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00982
- Given Name
- Grace
- Birth Date
- 1790
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
- Grace was a Black woman who was enslaved by the Rev. Joseph Clark, the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick, NJ. She was born around 1790, as inferred from an 1814 slave sale advertisement that mentions her age. She gave birth to a son named George in 1806. She was sold by the executors of Joseph Clark's estate in 1814, when she was 24 or 25 years old, to a man identified as Mr. Linn.
- Keywords
- African descent person
- Princeton University history
- Places
- New Brunswick
- Parent of
- George (b. 1806) {son of Grace}
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Primary Participant in:
- 1806-06-22 Birth: George (Role: Parent)
- 1814-04-21 Advertisement: Grace, Dine (Role: Advertised Person)
- 1814-08-04 Sale: Grace (Role: Sold Person)
- Resource class
- Agent