1822, Ambo Harris, Manumission
- Title
- 1822, Ambo Harris, Manumission
- Description
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Slaveholder John Neilson manumitted Ambo Harris on January 16, 1822.
Ambo Harris would have been in her 30s at the time, but her exact age was not recorded on the manumission documents. The manumission certificate refers to her as "female slave named Ambo" and does not list her last name, but other archival documents indicate that her family name by marriage was Harris. The manumission certificate was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of the Township of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and two Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (James Dunham and Nicholas Booraem Jr.). The original certificate was preserved in the Neilson Family Papers.
A manuscript copy of the manumission certificate for Ambo, dated January 16, 1822, appears on page 351 in the Book of Manumissions for Middlesex County; a copy of John Neilson's deed of manumission for Ambo, dated January 18, 1822, appears on page 353. The documents were recorded in the book by Middlesex County Clerk William P. Deare on January 16, 1822, and January 21, 1822.
Relatedly, John Neilson also manumitted Phillis Neilson on the same day. - Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00015
- Event Type
- Legal: Manumission registration
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- January 16, 1822
- Source
- Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 351, 353. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. XI. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
- Related Event
- 1822, Phillis Neilson, Manumission
- Primary Participant
- Ambo Harris
- Primary Participant Description
- female slave named Ambo
- Freedom Status
- Transition
- Enslaver
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John Neilson (1745-1833)
- Age
- Adult
- 30s
- Witness
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James Neilson (1784-1862)
- Officiator
- Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca 1825)
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1608
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Sex
- Female
- Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
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