1823-06-27 Manumission: Abraham · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier

NJS-EVE-00653

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 382

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 383

Manumission of Abraham (certificate dated 1823-06-27, deed dated 1823-06-27), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 382-383. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Abraham, aged 39, was manumitted by Charles Smith of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Thomas Hance and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on June 27, 1823. The document stated that Abraham 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. The deed of manumission was executed on June 27, 1823, by Charles Smith. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 1, 1823.

Event Type

Manumission

Date

June 27, 1823

Location of Event

North Brunswick

Primary Participants

Abraham (b. 1784)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01470
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 39
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Charles Smith
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Abraham"

Additional Participants

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
Role: Judge

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Judge

Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00276
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Charles Smith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00385
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker