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Tom

Research Tips: This person of African descent has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
Identifier: NJS-PER-02565
Given Name: Tom
Sex: Male
Biographical Description: Tom was a man from the African island of Madagascar. He was transported to North America and enslaved by Cornelius Van Horne on a plantation that was located in a place then called Raritan (now Finderne neighborhood in Bridgewater) in Somerset County, New Jersey. Tom ran away in 1724.
Keywords: African descent person
Places: Madagascar; Finderne, Bridgewater (formerly Raritan)
Enslaved by: Cornelius Van Horne (1693-1770)
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker
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1724-09 Freedom Seeking: Tom (Role: Runaway)