Albert Schenck

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Identifier
NJS-PER-02441
Given Name
Albert
Family Name
Schenck
Alternate Name
Captain Albert Scank
Sex
Male
Biographical Description
Albert Schenck was an enslaver who resided in Princeton, NJ, in the 18th century. A runaway advertisement for a Black man named Michael published in 1797 noted that Michael was "raised in Princeton in New Jersey, by Captain Albert Scank," using the phonetic spelling of the enslaver's name. The family name in the Princeton area is generally spelled Schenck.

The Historical Society of Princeton holds documents related to the Schenck family, including a land deed for Albert Schenck (100 acres at Stony Brook), which may be related to Michael's enslaver.
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white person
Places
Princeton
Enslaver of
Michael {alias Jem}
References

MS528 - Deed. Stephen Warne to Albert Schenck, John Convenhoven, and others (1755). Historical Society of Princeton. https://princeton.pastperfectonline.com/archive/A6EB47E0-3214-4670-912B-415894813396.
Record Contributor
Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
Princeton & Slavery Project
Jesse Bayker
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