Identifier

NJS-PER-02531

Given Name

John

Family Name

Vanhorne

Sex

Male

Biographical Description

John Vanhorne was an enslaver from Rocky Hill, New Jersey. In 1784 and 1786, he was party to two court cases related to his claim that he had purchased a Black man named Prime from John Taylor during the Revolutionary War. The cases were ultimately decided against him, and Prime eventually gained his freedom by an act of the New Jersey legislature in 1786.

Keywords

white person

enslaver

Places

Rocky Hill

Enslaver of

Prime (b. 1755)

References

Izzy Kasdin, "The Manumission of Prime," Princeton & Slavery Project. https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/the-manumission-of-prime.

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker