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Town Book for Castletown For the Entry of Black Children, 1799-1827, page 1

"This is a Tow[n] Book Made for Castleton for Entering all the Black Children that are born of Slaves after the first Day of July In One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninetynine 1799", followed by birth certificate for a male child named Mink, born on January 16, 1800 of Phoebe, signed by John Barnes and dated October 14, 1800.

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"This is a Tow[n] Book Made for Castleton for Entering all the Black Children that are born of Slaves after the first Day of July In One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninetynine 1799", followed by birth certificate for a male child named Mink, born on January 16, 1800 of Phoebe, signed by John Barnes and dated October 14, 1800.
NYHS Identifier
nyhs_cast_orig_008.tif
Mss Collection - AHMC -Castleton (N.Y.)
Member of
Town book for Castletown for the entry of Black children, 1799-1827
Genre
birth registers; registers (lists); free papers
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Slaves--New York (State)--Richmond County
Slavery--New York (State)--Richmond County
Slaves--Emancipation--New York (State)--Richmond County
Slave records--New York (State)--Richmond County
Barnes, John
Mink
Phoebe
Subject (Geographic)
Castleton (New York, N.Y)
Full Title
Town Book for Castletown For the Entry of Black Children, 1799-1827, page 1
Creator
Castleton (New York, N.Y.)
Digital Format
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
all of the dates: 1800-January-16, 1800-October-14
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