[Rarebooks] FS: 1819 Receipt to Bergen N.J. Minister to Fugitive Slaves

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1819 Mercantile Advertiser Advertising Receipt for Bergen Township 
N.J.'s Columbia Academy, to Rev. John Cornelison, Minister to Fugitive 
Slaves.

DISCUSSION: "Rev. John Cornelison - To the Office of the Mercantile 
Advertiser, Dr, 1819 April 7. Adv. Columbia Academy. 200. $2.25 - Rec'd 
payment. E. Butter".

Jersey City, which was part of Bergen, was an important stop on the 
Underground Railroad, accepting thousands of fugitive slaves from 
Maryland, Virginia, and North and South Carolina. The Jersey City 
website explains- "In the Township of Bergen, Joachem Anthony, a free 
Dutch-speaking black from New Amsterdam, joined the congregation of the 
Dutch Reformed Church in 1679. The church's "Register of Communicants 
Being Persons of Color" reveals the membership of other blacks in the 
church. The Reverend John Cornelison (1793-1828) of the Dutch Reformed 
Church (now Old Bergen Church) conducted a ministry for black slaves in 
the township. He also had slaves in his home at the present-day corner 
of Bergen and Sip Avenues. There he provided the slaves with religious 
services and reading instructions. Many blacks joined white 
congregations prior to the founding of African American churches in 
Jersey City in the 1850s."

Columbia Academy was in Bergen Township, and was named for Columbia 
College across the Hudson River in New York and was intended as a 
preparatory school for that institution -the Rev. Cornelison sent his 
son there. Bergen itself no longer exists, it was founded in 1661 and 
dissolved in 1862, after being sub-divided too many times.

DESCRIPTION & CONDITION NOTES: Single sheet. 6"x2". Minor soil.

PRICE: $85-

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