Shem
Title
Shem
Description
1754
nergo man
Sex
Male
Location or Address
East Hampton
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
Eleazer Miller
Misc. Date
1754
Source/s
Records of the Town of East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk Co., N.Y. With Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value Volume 5. Hedges, Henry Parsons, ed. Sag Harbor. J.H. Hunt, printer. 1905. Page 441
Biographical Text
"Shem negro man Esqur. Miller's."
Shem, who likely had once been enslaved in colonial-era East Hampton, cut timber for the iconic Hook Mill, today a beloved symbol of the community. Work needs to be done to learn if this Shem and the man described here were one and the same.
Shem, who likely had once been enslaved in colonial-era East Hampton, cut timber for the iconic Hook Mill, today a beloved symbol of the community. Work needs to be done to learn if this Shem and the man described here were one and the same.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Shem,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 28, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/733.