"Land Patents: New York Colonial Manuscripts." Documentation of land lot grants to Black denizens, including ex-company slaves.
Item
Dublin Core
Title
"Land Patents: New York Colonial Manuscripts." Documentation of land lot grants to Black denizens, including ex-company slaves.
Subject
Land grants were given to former African slaves that petitioned for their freedom, pointing to their years of service to the West India Company.
Description
Land lots granted by the Director Genera of New Amsterdaml to various people, including Africans as well as those previously enslaved in the 1660s.
Creator
Gehring, Charles T., The Holland Society of New York.
Source
Gehring, Charles T. New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Volumes GG, HH, and II, "Land Papers."
Publisher
The Holland Society of New York, and The Baltimore Geneological Publishing Co., Inc.
Date
January 1, 1630/ January 1, 1665
Contributor
Gehring, Charles T., The Holland Society of New York, The New Netherland Institute.
Rights
Public domain.
Relation
Text, document, land patent records.
Format
Online volume.
Language
English.
Type
Text, document.
Identifier
Volume GG 80, 117, 125, and 169. PDF page no. 36-48. https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/research/online-publications/land-papers-volumes-gg-hh-and-ii/
Coverage
New York, NY, 17th century.
Collection
Citation
Gehring, Charles T., The Holland Society of New York. , “"Land Patents: New York Colonial Manuscripts." Documentation of land lot grants to Black denizens, including ex-company slaves.,” Silences of New York History, accessed April 25, 2024, https://silencesofnyhistory.org/items/show/132.