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Written By: Stuart Gold, Esq.
Mandelbaum Salsburg 
West Orange, New Jersey

Stuart Gold, a partner in the litigation department of Mandelbaum Salsburg in West Orange, New Jersey, has written an article on the freeing of slaves by wills in Early Republic New Jersey.  The article, entitled "The 'Gift’ of Liberty", has just been published in 15 Rutgers Race and the Law Review 1 (2014).

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers University, Newark
October 8, 2014
Rutgers Race and the Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2014 
Abstract: 

This paper explores the process of manumission by will in Early Republic New Jersey between 1791 and 1805. The paper reviews the legal mechanisms available for manumission in New Jersey during this period, and places New Jersey's manumission process in context with its sister states of New York and Pennsylvania. The primary focus of the paper is a detailed analysis of the various schemes of manumission employed by testators, as well as geographical and gender differences in detecting patterns for manumission.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 72

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October 8, 2014