Lewis Compton

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Person Record Title: Lewis Compton
Identifier: NJS-PER-00480
Given Name: Lewis
Family Name: Compton
Sex: Male
Occupation: Slave Trade
Biographical Description: Lewis Compton was an enslaver associated with Judge Jacob Van Wickle's notorious slave trading ring in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Keywords: white person; enslaver; Van Wickle and associates
Place of Significance: Middlesex County; South River
Enslaver of: Betsey (b. 1796); Cain (b. 1796); Charles (b. 1775); Elijah (b. 1787); Frank (b. 1797); George (b. 1783); George (b. 1800); Hannah (b. 1802); Hannah (b. 1804); Jack (b. 1796); Jack (b. 1797); James (b. 1786); Lewis (b. 1796); Mary (b. 1791); Peter (b. 1797); Peter (b. 1804); Phebe (b. 1797); Sam (b. 1797); William (b. 1796)
Related Person: Jacob Van Wickle (1770-1854); Allen Reynolds; William Stone
Research Guide: Research Guide: Understanding Interstate Slave Trade & Kidnapping Documents
Bibliographic Citation: 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.; 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.; Pingeon, Frances D. “An Abominable Business: The New Jersey Slave Trade, 1818.” New Jersey History 109, no. 3 (1991): 15–35.
Related Resource: Lost Souls Memorial Project website
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker

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Items with "Enslaver: Lewis Compton"
Title	Class
1818-04-22 Removal: Peter	Event
1818-04-29 Removal: Betsey	Event
1818-04-29 Removal: William	Event
1818-05-15 Removal: James	Event
1818-05-20 Removal: George	Event
1818-05-20 Removal: Hannah	Event
1818-05-23 Removal: Hannah	Event
1818-05-23 Removal: Jack	Event
1818-10-06 Removal: Cain	Event
1818-10-06 Removal: Frank	Event
1818-10-06 Removal: George	Event
1818-10-15 Removal: Elijah	Event
1818-10-15 Removal: Jack	Event
1818-10-15 Removal: Lewis	Event
1818-10-15 Removal: Mary	Event
1818-10-15 Removal: Phebe	Event
1818-10-15 Removal: Sam	Event
1818-10-21 Removal: Charles	Event
1818-10-21 Removal: Peter	Event

Items with "Enslaved by: Lewis Compton"
Title	Class
Betsey (b. 1796)	Agent
Cain (b. 1796)	Agent
Charles (b. 1775)	Agent
Elijah (b. 1787)	Agent
Frank (b. 1797)	Agent
George (b. 1783)	Agent