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[Birth certificate of a certain boy child named Benjamin]

Birth certificate of Benjamin, born May 15, 1801, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mary' belonging to New York City merchant James VanZandt. In final sentence, the word 'abandon' has been crossed out and replaced with 'retain,' so that it instead reads, 'which child I retain according to law.'

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Birth certificate of Benjamin, born May 15, 1801, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mary' belonging to New York City merchant James VanZandt. In final sentence, the word 'abandon' has been crossed out and replaced with 'retain,' so that it instead reads, 'which child I retain according to law.'
PID
islandora:143103
NYHS Identifier
nyhs_sc_b-05_f-20_070
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Member of
Slavery Collection, 1709-1864. Series VII, Legal Documents. Subseries 1, Birth Certificates, 1800-1818
Genre
birth certificates
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York
Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Subject (Name)
VanZandt, James
Mary
Benjamin
Full Title
[Birth certificate of a certain boy child named Benjamin]
Contributor
Mary
Benjamin
Creator
VanZandt, James
Date Created
1802-February-09
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