1838, Mark Harris Jr., Sale
- Title
- 1838, Mark Harris Jr., Sale
- Description
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Enslaved man named Mark (Mark Harris Jr.), aged 20, was sold by James Neilson of Wood Lawn Mansion, Middlesex County, NJ, to Abraham Veghte of Somerset County, NJ, on December 16, 1838, for $20. James Neilson's brother Abraham Schuyler Neilson signed the Bill of Sale as a witness.
Mark was sold for a partial term of 4 years and 7 months, which represented the remainder of his term of enslavement according to New Jersey's gradual abolition law. Mark's term of enslavement would expire on his 25th birthday on July 27, 1843; at the expiration of this term, Mark would become eligible for emancipation. (Enslaved men born after July 4, 1804, in New Jersey had to serve 25 years before they qualified for emancipation under the state law.) - Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00017
- Event Type
- Freedom status transaction: Sale
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- December 16, 1838
- Location
- Wood Lawn Mansion
- Source
- Bill of sale for Mark, sold by James Neilson to Abraham Veghte. Neilson Family Papers, 1768-1908 (MC 933). Box 4, Folder 45: J & J Neilson - Papers relating to purchase of slaves. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
- Primary Participant
- Mark Harris Jr. (b. 1818)
- Primary Participant Description
- Negro servant named Mark
- Freedom Status
- Enslaved
- Age
- Young Adult
- 20
- Seller
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James Neilson (1784-1862)
- Duration
- 4 years, 7 months, 11 days
- Currency
- dollar
- Price
- 20
- Contract Terms
- Mark to serve Abraham Veghte until Mark reaches age 25 in July 1843
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1602
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Sex
- Male
- Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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