Nicholas Van Wickle (1796-1865)
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This white person has 46 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 slave trading ring and related documents, see our research guide Understanding Interstate Slave Trade & Kidnapping Documents.
- Record Title
- Nicholas Van Wickle (1796-1865)
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00072
- Given Name
- Nicholas
- Family Name
- Van Wickle
- Alternate Name
- Van Wikle
- Birth Date
- 1796
- Death Date
- 1865
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- Nicholas Van Wickle was the son of Judge Jacob Van Wickle, and was involved in his father's notorious slave trading ring in Middlesex County, New Jersey. In 1818, Nicholas Van Wickle helped his father and his uncle Charles Morgan buy up groups of enslaved people in New Jersey and then falsify legal documents to facilitate the shipment of these enslaved people to the Deep South where they could be sold for a huge profit.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Van Wickle and associates
- Enslaver of
- Amey (b. 1796)
- Augustus (b. 1814) {son of Hager}
- Betsey (b. 1796)
- Betty (b. 1796)
- Boss (b. 1799)
- Charles (b. 1816) {son of Phillis}
- Christeen (b. 1781)
- Claresse (b. 1795)
- Diannah (b. 1809) {daughter of Christeen}
- Diannah (b. 1817) {daughter of Sarah}
- Dorcas (b. 1817) {daughter of Christeen}
- Dorcus (b. 1802)
- Elizer (b. 1799)
- Elminah (b. 1804)
- Florah (b. 1795)
- Frank (b. 1797)
- George (b. 1800)
- George (b. 1802)
- Hager (b. 1789)
- Hannah (b. 1802)
- Hannah (b. 1804)
- Harey (b. 1796)
- Harrey (b. 1804)
- Henry (b. 1797)
- Hercules (b. 1815) {son of Claresse}
- Hester (b. 1800)
- Jack (b. 1797)
- Jack (b. 1802)
- Jacob (b. 1816)
- James (b. 1786)
- James (b. 1797)
- James (b. 1802)
- Jane (b. 1793)
- John (b. 1814) {son of Jane}
- Joseph (b. 1818) {son of Nancy}
- Juda (b. 1792)
- Leta (b. 1797)
- Lidia (b. 1800)
- Margaret (b. 1797)
- Mary (b. 1816) {daughter of Hager}
- Mary Davis (b. 1795)
- Moses (b. 1802)
- Nancy (b. 1796)
- Pat (b. 1796)
- Peter (b. 1797)
- Peter (b. 1801)
- Peter (b. 1803)
- Phillis (b. 1793)
- Rachel (b. 1796)
- Roda (b. 1804) {daughter of Hager}
- Rozenah (b. 1818) {daughter of Rachel}
- Sam (b. 1786)
- Sam (b. 1802)
- Sam Johnson (b. 1786)
- Samuel (b. 1816) {son of Juda}
- Sarah (b. 1797)
- Silvey (b. 1788)
- Susan (b. 1817) {daughter of Florah}
- Susan Watt (b. 1783)
- William (b. 1796)
- Related Person
- Charles Morgan (1775-1848)
- References
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Gigantino, James J., II. "Trading in Jersey Souls: New Jersey and the Interstate Slave Trade." Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 77, no. 3 (2010): 281–302. https://doi.org/10.5325/pennhistory.77.3.0281
Drake, Jarrett. "Off the Record: The Production of Evidence in 19th Century New Jersey." New Jersey Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 1, no. 1 (2015): 104–25. https://doi.org/10.14713/njs.v1i1.16
Pingeon, Frances D. “An Abominable Business: The New Jersey Slave Trade, 1818.” New Jersey History 109, no. 3 (1991): 15–35.
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Mentioned in:
- Kidnapping report and Jacob Van Wickle's rebuttal (Kidnapping report and Jacob Van Wickle's rebuttal, "KIDNAPPING," Centinel of Freedom, June 9, 1818, p. 2-3.)
- Report of human trafficking in South River, New Jersey, implicating Jacob Van Wickle and associates (Report of human trafficking in South River, New Jersey, implicating Jacob Van Wickle and associates, Franklin Gazette, May 22, 1818, p. 2.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1818-02-12 Removal: Sarah, Diannah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-26 Removal: Florah, Susan (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-26 Removal: Hager, Augustus, Mary, Roda (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-26 Removal: Rachel, Rozenah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal: Elminah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal: George (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal: Harrey (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal: James (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal: Moses (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal: Peter (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal: Susan Watt (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-01 Removal: Sam Johnson (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal: Betty (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal: Boss (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal: Christeen, Diannah, Dorcas (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal: Claresse, Hercules (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal: Lidia (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal: Pat (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-28 Removal: Dorcus (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-28 Removal: Leta (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-31 Removal: Margaret (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Eliza (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Frank (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Harry (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Hester (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Jack (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Jane, John (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Mary Davis (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Peter (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Phillis, Charles (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal: Silvey, Jacob (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-29 Removal: Betsey (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-29 Removal: James (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-29 Removal: Sam (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-29 Removal: William (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-15 Removal: Amey (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-15 Removal: Henry (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-15 Removal: James (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-15 Removal: Juda, Samuel (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-20 Removal: George (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-20 Removal: Hannah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-20 Removal: Sam (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-21 Removal: Nancy, Joseph (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-22 Removal: Peter (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-23 Removal: Hannah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-23 Removal: Jack (Role: Enslaver)
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