1807-10-08 Abandonment: Lewis
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01006
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Lewis, by Rachel Boice
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Certificate of Abandonment for Lewis, by Rachel Boice, August 10, 1807. 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: Lewis
Mother: Hannah
Enslaver of Mother and Child: Rachel Boice
Abandonment Certificate Date: August 10, 1807
Child’s Date of Birth: December 2, 1806
This 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. - Event Type
- Abandonment
- Date
- October 8, 1807
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1806-12-02 Birth: Lewis
- Primary Participants
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Lewis (b. 1806) {son of Hanna}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00819
Role: Abandoned Person
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rachel Boice
Verbatim description from source:
"a Male child"Hanna
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00991
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rachel Boice
Verbatim description from source:
"my Negro woman" - Additional Participants
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Rachel Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01227
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias