Born Enslaved
![Handwritten Baptism for two Black children dated July 29, 1790.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/black-settlers-york-sunbury_colons-noirs/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2022/03/Adam-Wise-Baptism17981.jpg)
Courtesy of New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Inc., Anglican Registers Project, MC223-W6-6A-0122_baptism_0120, 1798
A baptismal record showing that two children born to enslaved parents were baptized as “property of”.
Transcription:
July 29th, 1798, Baptized 2 Black children the property of Col. Ellegood. Their names Sally & Adam Wise.