Benajah Osmun (d. 1815)
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02575
- Given Name
- Benajah
- Family Name
- Osmun
- Death Date
- 1815
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Military and Militia
- Biographical Description
- Captain Benajah Osmun was a Revolutionary War veteran originally from Hunterdon County, New Jersey. After the war, he worked as the overseer managing the Black labor force for General David Forman, who had an estate in the area of present-day Manalapan (then part of Freehold), Monmouth County, New Jersey. In 1789, Osmun was principally responsible for securing the convoy that took over 60 people from Forman's estate in Monmouth County to Natchez, Mississippi, where David Forman and his brother Ezekiel Forman aimed to establish a tobacco plantation. He settled in Natchez and died there in 1815.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- References
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benajah_Osmun - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Mentioned in:
- Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90 (Forman, Samuel S. Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke and Co., 1888.)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1789-11 Transportation: Forman's group of 60+ Black men, women, and children (Role: Agent for Enslaver)
- 1789-12 Rebellion or Plot: 2 Black men in Forman's group (Role: Agent for Enslaver)
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- Agent