Sarah Ball
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This person of African descent has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00416
- Given Name
- Sarah
- Family Name
- Ball
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
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Sarah Ball was a Black woman who resided in North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the early 19th century. Her exact date and place of birth is uncertain. Information about her life comes from the manumission documents she signed to free her daughter Hannah in 1822.
Sarah Ball was enslaved at the time of the birth of her daughter Hannah, and thus Hannah was born into slavery. The name of Sarah Ball's enslaver is uncertain and is not mentioned in the documents from 1822. Sometime after giving birth to Hannah, Sarah Ball gained freedom. She then went on to purchase Hannah from her former enslaver. For some time (probably years), Hannah was legally considered her mother's slave, but she lived much like a free person and married a free man of color named John Allen.
On February 19, 1822, Sarah Ball completed the legal process required to officially manumit her daughter, obtaining a certificate of manumission from county officials and executing a deed of manumission for Hannah. - Keywords
- African descent person
- enslaver
- Places
- North Brunswick
- Enslaver of
- Hannah Allen
- Parent of
- Hannah Allen
- Related Person
- John Allen
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
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Additional Participant in:
- 1822-02-19 Manumission: Hannah Allen (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
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