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Title
Betty (enslaved) Birth Certificate
Collection

Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP)

Slavery and Abolition

A. Demarest and David Demarest

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1815-03-20
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 76
Topics
African Americans -- History
African Americans -- Social conditions
Slavery
Genres
Documents
Birth certificates
Notes
Content: Document certifying that female child named Betty, born in the township of Herrington County, Bergen, N.J. is the property of A. and David Demarest
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19971708
MSS Unit ID: 24901
Archives EAD ID: 3338199
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 21d35720-2b46-0138-e210-7dfb8d2d66ae
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1815: Created
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Betty (enslaved) Birth Certificate" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1815. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/93db83f0-2b46-0138-1d81-652618fdfc32

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Betty (enslaved) Birth Certificate" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/93db83f0-2b46-0138-1d81-652618fdfc32

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1815). Betty (enslaved) Birth Certificate Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/93db83f0-2b46-0138-1d81-652618fdfc32

Wikipedia Citation

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Betty (enslaved) Birth Certificate