Unnamed Black man captured from the enemy {Neilson household}
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- Record Title
- Unnamed Black man captured from the enemy {Neilson household}
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-01507
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- A Black man, whose name has not been recorded, was captured by the New Jersey militia "from the enemy" during the Revolutionary War circa 1777. This man was previously enslaved by a Loyalist. After he was captured, he was sold by American patriots at public auction. Colonel John Neilson paid 55 pounds for the man. Neilson probably became the man's new legal owner; however, it is not entirely clear from the archival record whether Neilson purchased the man for himself or for someone else.
- Keywords
- African descent person
- Rutgers University history
- Place of Significance
- Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown)
- Enslaved by
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John Neilson (1745-1833)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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Primary Participant in:
- 1777-11-30 Sale: Unnamed Black man captured from the enemy (Role: Sold Person)
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