Plain Sight Project
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To comprehensively identify enslaved persons and free blacks from the 1600s to the mid-19th century, locate and preserve burial grounds, habitations, and work sites on the East End of Long Island, N.Y. plainsightproject.org
Peter, negro sevt. of Capt. Burnet, baptised Nov. 17, 1723 "When Baptised, Peter Negro . . . propounded to him a confession of faith, agreeable to a short catechism in ye book entitled ye Servts. of Abraham . . . This owning of God & engagement ye same as usual at ye baptism of other adult persons."
November 28, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Peter, negro sevt. of Capt. Burnet, baptised Nov. 17, 1723 "When Baptised, Peter Negro . . . propounded to him a confession of faith, agreeable to a short catechism in ye book entitled ye Servts. of Abraham . . . This owning of God & engagement ye same as usual at ye baptism of other adult persons."
November 24, 1758
Ruth, an enslaved woman in Southampton, N.Y., is included in Jerimiah Culver's will. Upon his death, Ruth is to be enslaved by his widow, Demaris, and then by their son Jeremiah if she outlives "her mistress."
Ruth, an enslaved woman in Southampton, N.Y., is included in Jerimiah Culver's will. Upon his death, Ruth is to be enslaved by his widow, Demaris, and then by their son Jeremiah if she outlives "her mistress."
November 23, 2024 at 11:33 AM
November 24, 1758
Ruth, an enslaved woman in Southampton, N.Y., is included in Jerimiah Culver's will. Upon his death, Ruth is to be enslaved by his widow, Demaris, and then by their son Jeremiah if she outlives "her mistress."
Ruth, an enslaved woman in Southampton, N.Y., is included in Jerimiah Culver's will. Upon his death, Ruth is to be enslaved by his widow, Demaris, and then by their son Jeremiah if she outlives "her mistress."
November 19, 1725
Abigail, an enslaved woman in Southampton, N.Y., is left to Martha Fordham in her husband, Joseph Fordham Jr.'s, will. Three enslaved children, Titus, Edmund, and Betty, were to be sold to help settle Joseph's debts.
Abigail, an enslaved woman in Southampton, N.Y., is left to Martha Fordham in her husband, Joseph Fordham Jr.'s, will. Three enslaved children, Titus, Edmund, and Betty, were to be sold to help settle Joseph's debts.
November 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
November 19, 1725
Abigail, an enslaved woman in Southampton, N.Y., is left to Martha Fordham in her husband, Joseph Fordham Jr.'s, will. Three enslaved children, Titus, Edmund, and Betty, were to be sold to help settle Joseph's debts.
Abigail, an enslaved woman in Southampton, N.Y., is left to Martha Fordham in her husband, Joseph Fordham Jr.'s, will. Three enslaved children, Titus, Edmund, and Betty, were to be sold to help settle Joseph's debts.