1815-09-09 Sale: Elisha
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01101
- Source
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Runaway ad for Elisha, by George Farmer
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Runaway ad for Elisha, by George Farmer, "Fifty Dollars Reward," Fredonian, February 8, 1816, p. 4.
- Event Description
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A Black man named Elisha was sold by his enslaver, John Tucker of Rahway, to George Farmer on September 9, 1815. George Farmer had an estate called Belle Vue across the Raritan River from New Brunswick (in the vicinity of present-day Highland Park).
Information about the sale comes from a runaway ad that George Farmer published the following year when Elisha ran away from him.
At the time of the sale, Elisha was in jail for stealing. The jail location was not specified in the source, but it most likely refers to the Middlesex County jail, which was in New Brunswick. - Event Type
- Sale
- Date
- September 9, 1815
- Related Place
- Middlesex County gaol (jail), New Brunswick
- Preceding Event
- 1815-09 Jailing: Elisha
- Following Event
- 1816-01-27 Freedom Seeking: Elisha
- Primary Participants
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Elisha (b. 1795)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02588
Role: Sold Person
Age: 21
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Tucker
- George Farmer (1761-1818)
Verbatim description from source:
"a negro man named ELISHA, purchased on the 9th September of John Tucker, Esq. of Rahway, at that time in jail for stealing—about 21 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches, pretty black, large eyes, tolerably good looking fellow, rather slender made, very lazy" - Additional Participants
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John Tucker
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02589
Role: Enslaver, SellerGeorge Farmer (1761-1818)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00483
Role: Enslaver, Buyer - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson