African Association of New Brunswick Minute Book

Research Tips: This document is cited as a source in 20 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
Identifier: NJS-SRC-00644
Source Type: Meeting Minutes
Author: African Association of New Brunswick
Location Created: New Brunswick
Date: 1817 – 1824
Description: Minute book maintained by the Secretary of the African Association of New Brunswick from 1817 to 1824. This bound manuscript volume includes the constitution of the organization, meeting minutes, member rolls, and dues paid. The book contains copies of two speeches given by guests at the annual meetings of the association: the address delivered by the Rev. Jeremiah Gloucester of the Second African Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, on January 1, 1820, and the address delivered by Gustavus V. Caesar, then a student at the Parsippany African School, on January 1, 1821. Additionally, a copy of a letter from Gustavus V. Caesar, read at a meeting of the association's standing committee on February 3, 1821, is in the minute book.

Related to the minute book are several permission slips from enslavers who allowed enslaved Black persons to join the organization. One permission slip is glued inside the book, and several loose permission slips are kept in an unmarked folder inside the same archival collection. Permission slips have been digitized as separate items in the New Jersey Slavery Records database and are listed under Linked Resources.
Transcript: Transcript of the African Association of New Brunswick Minute Book
Language: English
Format: Bound manuscript volume
Archive: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Archival Collection: African Association of New Brunswick (N.J.). Minute Book, 1817-1824 (MC 50)
URL: https://archive.org/details/africanassociationofnewbrunswick
Mentions: John Neilson (1745-1833)
Related Resource: Permission slip for Mark Harris to join the African Association, by James Neilson; Permission slip for Cato to join the African Association, by Abraham Beach; Permission slip for Harry to join the African Association, by Abraham Staats; Permission slip for Samuel Lane to join the African Association, by Andrew Kirkpatrick; Permission slip for Phillis to join the African Association, by John Neilson
Record Contributor: Pamela Walker; Kendra Boyd; Jesse Bayker
Linked Events: This item is cited as a source in:

1817-01-15 Membership or Participation: Samuel Lane

1817-01-21 Membership or Participation: Mark Harris Sr.

1817-03-01 Membership or Participation: Cato Beach

1818-09-05 Membership or Participation: Mark Harris Sr.

1819-01-01 Membership or Participation: Samuel Lane

1819-01-01 Membership or Participation: Mark Harris Sr.

1819-01-09 Membership or Participation: Henry Staats

1820-01-01 Membership or Participation: Phillis Neilson

1820-01-01 Membership or Participation: Samuel Lane

1820-01-01 Membership or Participation: Mark Harris Sr.

1820-01-01 Membership or Participation: Henry Staats

1820-07-01 Membership or Participation: Phillis Neilson

1820-07-01 Membership or Participation: Mark Harris Sr.

1820-07-01 Membership or Participation: Henry Staats

1821-01-01 Membership or Participation: Phillis Neilson

1821-01-01 Membership or Participation: Mark Harris Sr.

1821-01-01 Membership or Participation: Henry Staats

1822-01-01 Membership or Participation: Phillis Neilson

1822-01-01 Membership or Participation: Henry Staats

1824-01-01 Membership or Participation: Henry Staats