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Moses (b. 1802)
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Person Record Title
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Moses (b. 1802)
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Identifier
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NJS-PER-00659
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Given Name
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Moses
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Birth Date
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1802
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Sex
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Male
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Biographical Description
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Moses was one of the victims of Jacob Van Wickle's slave trading ring in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1818. The legal documents related to the removal of Moses from the state of New Jersey to Louisiana suggest that he was born around 1802 and was aged 16 at the time of the events in 1818. However, Jacob Van Wickle falsified the age of some of his victims, making young children appear older than they really were and listing some children as adults in order to circumvent parental consent rules. For this reason, the birth year for Moses is questionable.
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Record Contributor
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Jesse Bayker