Mariah - MARH2
Title
Mariah - MARH2
Name
Mariah
Unique Person Identifier
MARH2
Ancestry
Unrecorded
Status
Liminal
Status II
Freed
Sex
Female
Unique Record Identifier
September 21, 1811
Event Type
Manumission
Event Date
October 1, 1812
Event Type II
Manumission
Location or Address
117 Main St, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Enslaver or Household
Peleg Latham
Notes
In 1811, Peleg Latham is recorded to have manumitted "female slave named Mariah, in consideration of the sum of forty dollars." However, more than a year later, there is another recorded in which Latham has manumitted Mariah. It is unclear why there is two manumission records for Mariah.
Source Type
Freedom or Emancipation Certificate
Source Type II
Freedom or Emancipation Certificate
Source/s
Records of the Town of Southampton, Volume IV. Page 9.
Researcher
Meghan McGinley
Collection
Citation
“Mariah - MARH2,” Plain Sight Project, accessed April 27, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/2159.