William Stone

Person Record Title: William Stone
Identifier: NJS-PER-00489
Given Name: William
Family Name: Stone
Sex: Male
Biographical Description: William Stone was an enslaver who moved from New York City to New Iberia, Louisiana, where he set up a sugar plantation in 1818. Removal certificates issued in Middlesex County, New Jersey, show that his associate Lewis Compton intended to bring a group of enslaved people from New Jersey to William Stone as part of a slave trading operation assisted by the legal machinations of Judge Jacob Van Wickle.
Keywords: white person; enslaver; Van Wickle and associates
Place of Significance: New York City, NY; New Iberia, LA
Enslaver of: Cain (b. 1796); Frank (b. 1797); George (b. 1783); Jane (b. 1795); Peter (b. 1804)
Related Person: Lewis Compton
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.
Related Resource: Lost Souls Memorial Project website
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker

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Lewis Compton	Agent