Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick seeks to bind out 8 abandoned Black children, by John Van Nuis
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-01109
- Source Type
- Auction or Sale Notice
- Headline
- The subscriber Overseer of the Poor
- Author
- John Van Nuis
- Publication
- Trenton Federalist
- Place of Publication
- Trenton
- Date of Issue
- May 22, 1809
- Date Submitted
- May 13, 1809
- Page
- 3
- Description
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A notice from the Overseer of the Poor of the township of North Brunswick seeking to bind out eight Black children who were abandoned to the Overseer as paupers per the provisions of New Jersey's gradual abolition law.
This notice appeared in the newspaper for 4 weeks from May 22, 1809, until June 12, 1809. - Transcript
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The subscriber Overseer of the Poor in the township of North Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex, doth hereby certify the following to be a true list of the abandoned black children born since the 4th day of July, 1804, in said township. Any person wishing to take any of said children upon the terms prescribed in the act of the legislature of this state for that purpose made and provided, will please to apply to the subscriber.
1 Male Child, aged 4 years and 5 months,
1 ... 3 ... 3 do.
1 ... 3 ... 5 do.
1 ... 3 ... 2 do.
1 Female Child, aged 4 years and 7 months,
1 ... 3 ... 9 do.
1 ... 3 ... 5 do.
1 ... 3 ... 3 do.
JOHN VAN NEUS, Overseer of the Poor in the township of North Brunswick, New-Brunswick, May 13, 1809.
34-4w - Language
- English
- Keywords
- abandonment
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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