1829 Sale: Hannah, Harry
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00306
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 79
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 79. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X.
- Event Description
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Hannah and her 2-year-old son Harry were sold by Abraham Dumont of North Branch, Somerset County, NJ, to Robert Boggs, attorney at law. As a consequence of the sale, Hannah and Harry relocated to New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ, where Robert Boggs resided.
Evidence of this sale comes from a document that Robert Boggs submitted to the Middlesex County Clerk on February 5, 1829, to register Harry's age. The exact date of the sale is uncertain, but it took place shortly before this document was filed with the clerk. The document did not mention the price or terms of the sale. - Event Type
- Sale
- Date
- 1829
- Date Certainty
- Inferred
- Primary Participants
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Hannah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00757
Role: Sold Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Dumont
- Robert Boggs (1766-1831)
Verbatim description from source:
"his mother called Hannah, a slave"Harry (b. 1826) {son of Hannah}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00756
Role: Sold Person
Age: 2
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Dumont
- Robert Boggs (1766-1831)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro male child" - Additional Participants
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Abraham Dumont
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00755
Role: Enslaver, SellerRobert Boggs (1766-1831)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00380
Role: Enslaver, Buyer - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker