Ruth - RUTH8
Title
Ruth - RUTH8
Name
Ruth
Unique Person Identifier
RUTH8
Ancestry
African
Status
Freed
Sex
Female
Event Type
Manumission
Event Date
March 31, 1818
Location or Address
Southampton, NY
Enslaver or Household
Sara Brown
Relationships
UNID249 | Child
Notes
Enslaver Sara Brown manumitted Ruth and her infant child (UNID249) whose name is unrecorded. Ruth and her child were said "to be under the age of fifty years, and appear to be of sufficient ability to provide for themselves."
Source Type
Freedom or Emancipation Certificate
Source/s
Records of town of Southampton, Volume IV. Page 39.
Researcher
Daria Reaven
Collection
Citation
“Ruth - RUTH8,” Plain Sight Project, accessed December 12, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/2046.