John Outcalt (1770-1853)
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This white person has 60 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
This person was connected with a notorious slave trading ring in New Jersey. To learn more about the scheme, see our guide to the Van Wickle Slave Trading Ring.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00035
- Given Name
- John
- Family Name
- Outcalt
- Alternate Name
- Outgelt
- Birth Date
- 1770
- Death Date
- 1853
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Legal
- Biographical Description
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John Outcalt was a judge in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the early 19th century.
In his official capacity as the Justice of the Peace for the county, he issued manumission certificates for residents of North Brunswick whose enslavers agreed to set them free.
In his role as the Judge of Common Pleas for the county, he was also responsible for approving removal certificates to authorize the movement of enslaved people out of New Jersey to other states. In 1818, he colluded with the notorious slave trading ring organized by Judge Jacob Van Wickle in Middlesex County. Judge Outcalt signed many falsified removal certificates that helped Van Wickle sell Black New Jerseyans into slavery in the Deep South. - Keywords
- white person
- government official
- Van Wickle and associates
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39881849 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1812-02-22 Removal Registration: Kate, Issabel (Role: Judge)
- 1817-03-21 Manumission: Charlotte (Role: Judge)
- 1817-04-11 Removal Registration: Maria (Role: Judge)
- 1817-08-30 Removal Registration: Dinah (Role: Judge)
- 1817-11-13 Manumission: Hepzibeth (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-10 Removal Registration: Lidiann, Harriet Jane (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-11 Manumission: Simon (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-11 Removal Registration: Simon (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-11 Removal Registration: Margaret Coven (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-12 Removal Registration: Sarah, Diana (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-26 Removal Registration: Hager, Augustus, Mary, Roda (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-26 Removal Registration: Florah, Susan (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-26 Removal Registration: Rachel, Rozenah (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: George (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Susan Watt (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: James (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Elminah (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Peter (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Moses (Role: Judge)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Harry (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-01 Removal Registration: Sam Johnson (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Betty (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Lidia (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Claresse, Hercules (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Boss (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Christeen, Diana, Dorcas (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Pat (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-13 Removal Registration: Dick (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-21 Removal Registration: Aaron (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-28 Removal Registration: Dorcus (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-28 Removal Registration: Leta (Role: Judge)
- 1818-03-31 Removal Registration: Margaret (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Frank (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Silvey, Jacob (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Jack (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Harry (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Hester (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Phillis, Charles (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Eliza (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Peter (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Jane, John (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Mary Davis (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-29 Removal Registration: Sam (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-29 Removal Registration: William (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-29 Removal Registration: James (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-29 Removal Registration: Betsey (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-15 Removal Registration: James (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-15 Removal Registration: Amey (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-15 Removal Registration: Henry (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-15 Removal Registration: Juda, Samuel (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-20 Removal Registration: Sam (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-20 Removal Registration: George (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-20 Removal Registration: Hannah (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-21 Removal Registration: Nancy, Joseph (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-22 Removal Registration: Peter (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-23 Removal Registration: Jack (Role: Judge)
- 1818-05-23 Removal Registration: Hannah (Role: Judge)
- 1818-06-01 Removal Registration: Salley (Role: Judge)
- 1819-02-03 Manumission: Mary (Role: Witness)
- 1819-07-12 Manumission: Anthony (Role: Judge)
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