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Title	Marbletown expenses for children of enslaved women
Creator	Marbletown (N.Y). Overseers of the Poor
Date.Original	1803-1804
Description	1803-1804 payment schedule for children of enslaved women abandoned by their masters and bound out by the overseers of the poor in Marbletown, NY. The names of the slaveholders, the names of the children, and the birthdays of the children are included in the payment schedule.
Notes	According to the Gradual Manumission Act of 1799, slaveholders could abandon their slave's children within one year of their birth by notifying the clerk of the city or town they resided in. The child would then be bound out by the overseer of the poor until they reached the age of 21. These abandonded children would be considered paupers and would be liable to be bound out by the overseer of the poor. The state of New York supported and maintained these children at a price of $3.50 per month. In 1802 the law was modified: the monthly compensation was lowered to $2.00 and would only be paid until a child turned four. See http://www.hrvh.org/u?/hhs,699 for a transcript of this document
Subject.LCSH	Slaveholders
Subject.TGM	Slavery Children
HRVH Topic	African Americans
Language	eng
Format.Original	handwritten manuscript
Resource Type	Text
Relation	http://www.hrvh.org/u?/hhs,699
Resource Identifier	hhs_negromoneynotdrawn_marbletown.jpg
Publisher.Digital	Historic Huguenot Street
Date.Digital	2007
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Exhibit Homepage	http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/aa07
Digital.Collection	African American Presence in the Hudson Valley
Holding.Institution	Historic Huguenot Street
Contact.Information	Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 845-255-1660 http://www.huguenotstreet.org
Rights	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial uses of the item may be subject to fees and restrictions. Please contact the holding institution for information.

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