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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Nathaniel Rochester
- Locations
- Washington County, Maryland Steuben County, New York Genesee County, New York
- Researcher
- Tabitha H
- Researcher's E-mail
- tabitha.genealogy AT gmail.com
- Researcher Location
- NYC
- Comments
- c1790: 11 enslaved persons; 6l2 unknown c1810: 3 enslaved persons; 379m2 unknown 1811 Manumission: 1a139 Benjamin age 16 1a140 Casandra age 14 1811 Indenture: Casandra, age 14, was made an indentured servant who would learn to read and write and also 'the art and mystery of a Cook,' 'until the said apprentice shall accomplish her full age of eighteen years.' c1820: 4 enslaved persons; 124q9 2 males age under 14 124u9 1 female age under 14 124w9 1 female age 26 thru 44 On his founding of Rochester, New York: "The eight-by-six-and-a-half-inch account book in the UR Rare Books Department may prompt questions about how much of the money for Rochester's business investments came from dealing in slaves. More importantly, how much, in 1803, did his earnings from the slave trade help him purchase the tracts of land along the Genesee River that would eventually become the city of Rochester? Ultimately, what does this revelation mean in a city that is 40 percent black?" - Portrait of a slave trader, Confronting the real Nathaniel Rochester https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/portrait-of-a-slave-trader/Content?oid=2128459
- On-line Tree or Website
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/165167548/person/122429482925/facts
- Join mailing list?
- 2
- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- Yes