1806-03-08 Abandonment: Ben
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00996
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Ben, by Richard Field
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Certificate of Abandonment for Ben, by Richard Field , March 8, 1806. 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: Ben
Mother: Cate
Enslaver of Mother and Child: Richard Field
Abandonment Certificate Date: March 8, 1806
Child’s Date of Birth: May 25, 1805
This certificate indicates that the enslaver abandoned all his 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. - Event Type
- Abandonment
- Date
- March 8, 1806
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1805-05-25 Birth: Ben
- Primary Participants
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Ben (b. 1805) {son of Cate}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00765
Role: Abandoned Person
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Field
Verbatim description from source:
"a Black Male Child"Cate
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00937
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Field
Verbatim description from source:
"a female Slave" - Additional Participants
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Richard Field
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01187
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias