Garrit Coffin
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02839
- Given Name
- Garrit
- Family Name
- Coffin
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Marketing, Retail, and Trading
- Biographical Description
- Garrit Coffin was an enslaver who resided in Staten Island, New York, in the early 19th century. He was the proprietor of the Fountain and Coffin store located at no. 9 South street.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- Staten Island, New York
- Enslaver of
- Name Unrecorded - Male (b. 1787) {African man}
- Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Runaway ad for 18 year-old Black man, by Garrit Coffin (Runaway ad for 18 year-old Black man, by Garrit Coffin, "20 Dollars Reward," Centinel of Freedom, July 16, 1805, p. 3.)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1805-06-22 Freedom Seeking: Name Unrecorded - Male (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
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