1805-10-01 Abandonment: Hannah
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00993
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Hannah, by Rizpah Leforge
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Certificate of Abandonment for Hannah, by Rizpah Leforge, October 1, 1805. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Piscataway Township Records, 1682–1954 (MC 1359). Folder: Certificates of abandonment for negro children born of slave parents, 1805-1807, Ac. 1635 (physical location: BL drawer on-site at Alexander Library).
- Event Description
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The Following Abandonment Certificate was submitted to the Overseer of the Poor of the Township of Piscataway:
Child: Hannah
Mother: Hepsebeth
Enslaver of Mother and Child: Rizpah Leforge
Abandonment Certificate Date: October 1, 1805
Child’s Date of Birth: October 30, 1804
This abandonment certificate indicates that the enslaver abandoned all her legal rights and title to the child and gave up the child to the Overseer of the Poor to be bound out as a pauper.
Note that the original birth certificate for this child listed her birth date as October 29, 1804. - Event Type
- Abandonment
- Date
- October 1, 1805
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1804-10-29 Birth: Hannah
- Primary Participants
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Hannah (b. 1804) {daughter of Hepzibeth}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00762
Role: Abandoned Person
Age: 1
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rizpah Leforge
Verbatim description from source:
"a female child"Hepzibeth
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00933
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rizpah Leforge
Verbatim description from source:
"my Negro Woman named Hepsebeth" - Additional Participants
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Rizpah Leforge
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01085
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias