1826-12-11 Emancipation: Charlotte Titus
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00780
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 20
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 20. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X.
- Event Description
- Per New Jersey's gradual abolition law, Charlotte Titus was eligible for emancipation on her 21st birthday, which was December 11, 1826. At this time, she would gain freedom from her enslaver Jane Beekman of South Brunswick. Charlotte would go to live with her parents, who were already free and owned a farm in the South Brunswick area.
- Event Type
- Emancipation
- Date
- December 11, 1826
- Location of Event
- South Brunswick
- Related Place
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Titus Farm, South Brunswick
- Primary Participants
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Charlotte Titus (b. 1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00920
Role: Emancipated Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jane Beekman (1755-1841) - Additional Participants
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Jane Beekman (1755-1841)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01293
Role: Enslaver
Comment: widow of Charlotte's original enslaver Gerardus Beekman - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker