Nicholas Van Wickle (1796-1865)
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This white person has 47 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-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. ca. 1796)
- Augustus (b. ca. 1814) {alternatively Charles, son of Hager}
- Betsey (b. ca. 1796)
- Betty (b. ca. 1796)
- Boss (b. ca. 1799)
- Charles (b. 1816) {son of Phillis}
- Christeen (b. ca. 1781) {or Christina, mother of Diana and Dorcas}
- Claresse (b. 1795) {or Clarissa, mother of Hercules}
- Diana (b. 1817) {daughter of Sarah}
- Diana (b. ca. 1809) {daughter of Christeen}
- Dorcas (b. ca. 1817) {daughter of Christeen}
- Dorcus (b. ca. 1802)
- Eliza (b. ca. 1799)
- Elminah (b. ca. 1804)
- Florah (b. ca. 1795) {mother of Susan}
- Frank (b. ca. 1797)
- George (b. ca. 1800)
- George (b. ca. 1802)
- Hager (b. ca. 1789) {mother of Augustus, Mary, and Roda}
- Hannah (b. ca. 1802)
- Hannah (b. ca. 1804)
- Harry (b. ca. 1796)
- Harry (b. ca. 1804) {Harrey}
- Henry (b. ca. 1797)
- Hercules (b. 1815) {son of Claresse}
- Hester (b. ca. 1800)
- Jack (b. ca. 1797)
- Jack (b. ca. 1802)
- Jacob (b. 1816)
- James (b. 1802)
- James (b. ca. 1786)
- James (b. ca. 1797)
- Jane (b. ca. 1793)
- John (b. ca. 1814) {son of Jane}
- Joseph (b. 1818) {son of Nancy}
- Juda (b. ca. 1792)
- Leta (b. ca. 1797)
- Lidia (b. ca. 1800)
- Margaret (b. ca. 1797)
- Mary (b. ca. 1816) {daughter of Hager}
- Mary Davis (b. ca. 1795)
- Moses (b. ca. 1802)
- Nancy (b. ca. 1796)
- Pat (b. ca. 1796) {Patty}
- Peter (b. ca. 1797)
- Peter (b. ca. 1801)
- Peter (b. ca. 1803)
- Phillis (b. ca. 1793)
- Rachel (b. ca. 1796) {or Rachel Ann, mother of Rozenah}
- Roda (b. ca. 1804) {daughter of Hager}
- Rozenah (b. 1818) {or Rosina, daughter of Rachel}
- Sam (b. ca. 1786)
- Sam (b. ca. 1802)
- Sam Johnson (b. ca. 1786)
- Samuel (b. 1816) {son of Juda}
- Sarah (b. ca. 1797) {mother of Diana}
- Silvey (b. ca. 1788)
- Susan (b. 1817) {daughter of Flora}
- Susan Watt (b. ca. 1783)
- William (b. ca. 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.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Wickle-22
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71571740/nicholas-van_wickle - 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 Registration: Sarah, Diana (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-26 Removal Registration: Hager, Augustus, Mary, Roda (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-26 Removal Registration: Florah, Susan (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-26 Removal Registration: Rachel, Rozenah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Elminah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Susan Watt (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: James (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Peter (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: George (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Harry (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-02-27 Removal Registration: Moses (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-01 Removal Registration: Sam Johnson (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Betty (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Boss (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Lidia (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Pat (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Christeen, Diana, Dorcas (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-09 Removal Registration: Claresse, Hercules (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-28 Removal Registration: Leta (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-28 Removal Registration: Dorcus (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-03-31 Removal Registration: Margaret (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Peter (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Frank (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Hester (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Jack (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Eliza (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Mary Davis (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Harry (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Phillis, Charles (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Jane, John (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-22 Removal Registration: Silvey, Jacob (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-29 Removal Registration: James (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-29 Removal Registration: Betsey (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-29 Removal Registration: William (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-04-29 Removal Registration: Sam (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-15 Removal Registration: James (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-15 Removal Registration: Amey (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-15 Removal Registration: Henry (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-15 Removal Registration: Juda, Samuel (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-20 Removal Registration: Hannah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-20 Removal Registration: George (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-20 Removal Registration: Sam (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-21 Removal Registration: Nancy, Joseph (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-22 Removal Registration: Peter (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-23 Removal Registration: Hannah (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-05-23 Removal Registration: Jack (Role: Enslaver)
- 1818-06 Criminal action: victims children Augustus, Diana, Diana, Dorcas, Harriet Jane, Hercules, Mary, Rozenah, Susan (slave trafficking case, defendants Charles Morgan and Nicholas Van Wickle) (Role: Defendant)
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