Tompkins, Daniel D. (1774 – 1825)

Tompkins, Daniel D. (1774 – 1825)

  • <p>Daniel D. Tompkins. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.</p>

Daniel D. Tompkins was Governor of New York State between 1807-1817 and Vice President of the United States between 1817-1825. He owned property on Staten Island and founded a community there. Tompkinsville is named after him, and he passed away in Castleton, Staten Island.

Tompkins wrote New York State's Gradual Abolition Act of 1799. Read the act at: https://tinyurl.com/y3ty5x2g, and see the act in the image below.

  • <p>An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1799. Courtesy of the New York State Archives.</p> <p>http://www.archives.nysed.gov/education/act-gradual-abolition-slavery-1799#:~:text=New%20York%20laws%20of%201799,turned%2028%2C%20and%20females%2025.</p>