1818-01-02 Manumission: Flora
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- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00610
- Source
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 278
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 279
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Manumission of Flora (certificate dated 1818-01-02), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 278-279. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
- Event Description
- Flora, aged 34, was manumitted by Peter I. Bergen of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Redford Jobs and John Smith) on January 2, 1818. The document stated that Flora was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was 21 to 40 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 18, 1818.
- Event Type
- Manumission
- Date
- January 2, 1818
- Location of Event
- West Windsor
- Primary Participants
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Flora (b. 1784)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01409
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 34
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter I. Bergen
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Flora" - Additional Participants
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Redford Jobs
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00288
Role: JudgeJohn Smith {Overseer of the Poor}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00116
Role: JudgeHenry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the PoorWilliam Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkPeter I. Bergen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00287
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter - Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker