Dick (b. ca 1789)

Name
Dick (b. ca 1789)
Identifier
NJS-PER-00611
Given Name
Dick
Birth Date
1789
Sex
Male
Description
Dick was an enslaved young man who ran away from his enslaver, named Alpheus Freeman, in New Brunswick, NJ, in August 1807. He was about 17 or 18 years old when he ran away to seek freedom.
Bibliographic Citation
Bayker, Jesse, Christopher Blakley, and Kendra Boyd. “His Name Was Will: Remembering Enslaved Individuals in Rutgers History.” In Scarlet and Black: Slavery and Dispossession in Rutgers History, edited by MARISA J. FUENTES and DEBORAH GRAY WHITE, 58–81. Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Source Resource
https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/2028
Source Site
https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
Enslaver
Alpheus Freeman (1766-1813)
Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Item sets
Rutgers-Aggregation
Aggregation

Linked resources

1807, Dick, Freedom seeking (Resistance)

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