1805-12-12 Abandonment: Dinah
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01007
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Dinah, by George Farmer
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Certificate of Abandonment for Dinah, by George Farmer , December 12, 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: Dinah
Mother: Rose
Enslaver of Mother and Child: George Farmer
Abandonment Certificate Date: December 12, 1805
Child’s Date of Birth: January 30, 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
- December 12, 1805
- Preceding Event
- 1805-01-30 Birth: Dinah
- Primary Participants
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Dinah (b. 1805) {daughter of Rose}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00770
Role: Abandoned Person
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Farmer (1761-1818)
Verbatim description from source:
"a female child"Rose
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00942
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Farmer (1761-1818)
Verbatim description from source:
"my slave Rose" - Additional Participants
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George Farmer (1761-1818)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00483
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias