Peter Stuyvesant property deed to Manuel de Spangie, January 18, 1651

Treasures of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library

1651-01-18

In 1649, Manuel de Spangie [or de Spanje], an enslaved man, purchased his freedom from his owner, Phillip Jansz Ringo, thus becoming one of the earliest free Blacks in New Amsterdam. Two years later, this property transaction would also make him one of Manhattan’s earliest Black landowners.

Mss Collection -- Y-1651, January (Stuyvesant)
93158d_PeterStuyvesantManuelDeSpangie.tiff

Blacks--New York (State)--New York
Freedmen--New York (State)--New York
Real property--New York (State)--New York

New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

deeds

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