Renben - RENB1
Title
Renben - RENB1
Name
Renben
Unique Person Identifier
RENB1
Ancestry
African
Status
Freed
Status II
Free
Sex
Male
Event Type
Manumission
Event Date
June 1806
Event Type II
Legal Proceeding
Event Date II
April 25, 1814
Age
Renben was 32 years old at the time that his manumission was certified in 1814.
Location or Address
Southampton, NY
Enslaver or Household
Paul Halsey
Notes
Renben supplied evidence that he was manumitted by Southampton-based enslaver Paul Halsey in June of 1806. Per Judge Abraham Miller, Renben's manumission was certified on April 25, 1814. Miller described Renben as "a black man thirty-two years old, about five feet five inches hath."
Source Type
Freedom or Emancipation Certificate
Source Type II
Legislation or Decree
Source/s
Records of the Town of Southampton Volume, IV. Page 17.
Researcher
Daria Reaven
Collection
Citation
“Renben - RENB1 ,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 9, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/2038.