Hannah - HANN7

Title

Hannah - HANN7

Name

Hannah

Unique Person Identifier

HANN7

Ancestry

African

Status

Indentured

Sex

Female

Event Type

Birth

Event Date

July 4, 1800

Location or Address

Southampton, NY

Enslaver or Household

Zebulon Jessup

Notes

Because Hannah was born after July 4, 1799, when the Law of Gradual Emancipation was enacted, she would be indentured to her enslaver Zebulon Jessup until she was manumitted or until the date July 4, 1827, when slavery was legally abolished in New York State.

Source Type

Civil Document

Source/s

Records of Town of Southampton, Volume IV. Page 45.

Researcher

Daria Reaven

Collection

Citation

“Hannah - HANN7,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1992.