Robert Chambers (1788-1865) · New Jersey Slavery Records

Research Tips: This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
Identifier: NJS-PER-02582
Given Name: Robert
Family Name: Chambers
Birth Date: 1788
Death Date: 1865
Sex: Male
Occupation: Marketing, Retail, and Trading; Landowning
Biographical Description: Robert Chambers was a prominent merchant, landowner, and developer in Trenton and the surrounding areas. He lived in Bordentown for a while and served as a Justice of the Peace there. He acquired a significant amount of land in Trenton during his lifetime. Chambersburg borough, which was adjacent to Trenton, was named after him and was later annexed into Trenton. He also owned properties in Princeton.

He was an enslaver and advertised a Black girl for sale in 1818. At that time he identified his residence as "Mill-hill, near Trenton."
Keywords: white person; enslaver
Places: Bordentown; Mill Hill, Trenton; Princeton; Trenton
References: This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8116495
Record Contributor: Xandria McKinley; Kate Jackson
Linked Sources: Author:

Slave sale ad for a 9-year-old girl for a term of 12 years, by Robert Chambers (Slave sale ad for a 9-year-old girl for a term of 12 years, by Robert Chambers, "For Sale," Trenton Federalist, August 3, 1818, p. 3.)
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1818-08-01 Advertisement: Black girl aged 9 (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)