New Paltz Register of Slaves (1799-1825)

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Date

1799

Description

The Register of Slaves (1799-1825) was kept by the Town Clerk of New Paltz as a requirement of the New York State Manumission Act of 1799. In keeping the slave register, the town clerk recorded the births of children born to slaves owned by the town's inhabitants. Each entry includes the owner's name, the slave's name, sex, and date of birth. In addition, located in the final pages of the book is an entry entitled the "Record of Disbandments", which list the dates that the slave owners freed, or "abandoned" individual slave children in accordance with the 1799 act.

Type

Written Document

Region

Mid Hudson, New York State

Era

Revolution and New Nation, Expansion and Reform

Topic

African Americans, Slavery

Repository

Town of New Paltz

Identifier

HHS_SlaveRegister_MSS_33-019

Source

New Paltz Town Records

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