Esther - ESTH3

Title

Esther - ESTH3

Name

Esther

Unique Person Identifier

ESTH3

Ancestry

African

Status

Enslaved

Sex

Female

Event Type

Manumission

Event Date

April 22, 1811

Location or Address

Southampton, NY

Enslaver or Household

Nathan Cooper

Relationships

GAD1 | Spouse

Notes

Nathan Cooper manumitted Esther as well as her husband Gad. It is stipulated in her manumission that any male children that she has will be indentured to Cooper at the age of seven years old.

Source Type

Freedom or Emancipation Certificate

Source/s

Records of the Town of Southampton, Volume IV. Page 6.

Researcher

Daria Reaven

Collection

Citation

“Esther - ESTH3,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1968.