Nance (b. 1770) · New Jersey Slavery Records

Nance (b. 1770)

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Identifier: NJS-PER-02494
Given Name: Nance
Birth Date: 1770
Sex: Female
Biographical Description: Nance was an enslaved Black woman born circa 1770. She lived for some time in Princeton, New Jersey. Then she was enslaved by James Vaux in Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She had a brother living in Philadelphia. She ran away from James Vaux in the summer of 1793.
Keywords: African descent person
Places: Providence, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Princeton
Enslaved by: James Vaux
Record Contributor: Kayra Guven; Princeton & Slavery Project
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1793-06 Freedom Seeking: Nance (Role: Runaway)