New Jersey Slavery Records · 1798, Dick Highman, Manumission

1798, Dick Highman, Manumission

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Title: 1798, Dick Highman, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00623
Event Description: Dick Highman was manumitted by Frederick Buckalew of South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The deed of manumission was signed on April 10, 1798, by Frederick Buckalew in the presence of witnesses James Voorhees, Samuel Applegate, and John Rhodes.

This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 8, 1819, over 21 years after it was originally signed by the enslaver. Frederick Buckalew appeared before Judge Robert McChesney on September 4, 1819, to authenticate the original document and acknowledge that he had signed it.
Event Type: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 10 April 1798
Location: South Amboy, NJ
Primary Participant: Dick Highman
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): Black man by the name of Dick Highman
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Frederick Buckalew
Judge: Robert McChesney
Witness: Robert McChesney; James Voorhees; Samuel Applegate; John Rhodes
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 314; Manumission of Dick Highman (deed dated 1798-04-10), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 314. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker