Peter F. Hendry · New Jersey Slavery Records

Guidance: This white person has 3 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: Peter F. Hendry
Identifier: NJS-PER-00479
Given Name: Peter F.
Family Name: Hendry
Alternate Name: Peter Ferron Henry
Sex: Male
Occupation: Slave Trade
Biographical Description: Peter F. Hendry was an enslaver associated with Judge Jacob Van Wickle's notorious slave trading ring in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

An article in the May 22, 1818, issue of the Philadelphia newspaper Franklin Gazette implicated him in kidnapping and selling Black people into slavery and listed his residence as West Windsor, NJ. The article printed his name as "Peter Ferron Henry." Middlesex County records refer to him as Peter F. Hendry.
Keywords: white person; enslaver; Van Wickle and associates
Place of Significance: West Windsor; South River
Enslaver of: Juda (b. 1792); Sam (b. 1786); Sam (b. 1802); Samuel (b. 1816) {son of Juda}
References: 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: 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: Additional Participant in:

1818-04-29 Removal: Sam (Role: Enslaver)

1818-05-15 Removal: Juda, Samuel (Role: Enslaver)

1818-05-20 Removal: Sam (Role: Enslaver)
Research Guide: Research Guide: Understanding Interstate Slave Trade & Kidnapping Documents