1823, Dinah, Manumission
- Title
- 1823, Dinah, Manumission
- Description
- Dinah was manumitted by Abraham Schuyler Neilson of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission listed the enslaver's name as "A. S. Neilson of the township of North Brunswick." The certificate was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nicholas Booraem Jr. and James Dunham) on June 25, 1823. The document stated that Dinah was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was 21 to 40 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. Dinah's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 14, 1823.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00621
- Action Status
- https://www.onthesegrounds.org/s/OTG/item/546
- Date
- June 25, 1823
- Source
- Manumission of Dinah (certificate dated 1823-06-25), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 384. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
- Primary Participant
- Dinah
- Primary Participant Description
- female slave named Dinah
- Freedom Status
- https://www.onthesegrounds.org/s/OTG/item/555
- Enslaver
- Abraham Schuyler Neilson (1792-1861)
- Age
- Adult
- 21 to 40
- Officiator
- Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca 1825)
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/3577
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Sex
- Female
- Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
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