Aaron (b. 1792)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-02454
Given Name
Aaron
Birth Date
1792
Sex
Male
Biographical Description
Aaron was a Black man born circa 1792. He was enslaved by Aaron Borden or Allentown and then by Elijah Blackwell of Princeton, NJ. Evidently, he labored for Blackwell under an agreement that he should serve until approximately 1823 (when Aaron would be about 31 years old). He ran away from his enslavers twice by the time he was 19 years old.

He may have fathered a child with a white woman (whose name is not known). Elijah Blackwell's runaway ad related to Ben's second escape in 1811 noted that Ben was followed by a white woman (whose name was not mentioned) and the woman's child (who was described by Blackwell as a "mulatto child"). They were accompanied also by Aaron, who was also enslaved by Elijah Blackwell.
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African descent person
Places
Allentown
New York City, New York
Princeton
Enslaved by
Asher Borden (1773-1846)
Elijah Blackwell (1775-1855)
Parent of
Name Unrecorded {Aaron's child}
Spouse of
Name Unrecorded - Female {Aaron's partner}
Related Person
Ben (b. 1787)
Record Contributor
Indy Davis
Princeton & Slavery Project
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