James B. Caldwell

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Identifier
NJS-PER-05362
Given Name
James B.
Family Name
Caldwell
Sex
Male
Biographical Description
James B. Caldwell was a white resident of Deptford, Glocester County, New Jersey, at the turn of the 19th century. He filed manumission documents for a Black woman named Rose in 1803, on the authority given to him by Rose's primary legal owner Solomon Combs. Whether James B. Caldwell ever employed Rose in his own household or was merely acting as a legal representative to facilitate the manumission is unclear from the document transcript.

In the 1797 tax ratables for Deptford, James B. Caldwell is listed as the owner of 1 slave.

He was also a Justice of the Peace for Gloucester County and, in that official role, certified some manumission documents presented by other residents of the county.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
Places
Deptford
Gloucester County
Related Person
Rose (b. ca. 1770)
References

Gloucester County, Deptford Township, Tax Ratables Book 663, June-August 1797. New Jersey General Assembly Tax Ratables (Duplicates), 1768-1854 (SAS00001). New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, NJ. https://nj.gov/state/darm/WebCatalogPDF/SAS00001_Tax_Ratables/Book663_GloucesterDeptfordTownshipJuneAugust1797.pdf
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Jesse Bayker
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