Diana (b. 1817) {daughter of Sarah}
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This person of African descent has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
This person was a victim of 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-00660
- Given Name
- Diana
- Alternate Name
- Diannah
- Birth Date
- July 1, 1817
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
- Diana (Diannah) was one of the victims of Jacob Van Wickle's slave trading ring in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1818. She was born in New Jersey to an enslaved mother named Sarah around July 1817. Under New Jersey's gradual abolition law, she had the status of a slave for a term of 21 years. This meant she was bound to serve her enslaver until age 21, and then she would become eligible for emancipation. However, when she was only 7 months old, her mother Sarah was forced to leave New Jersey for Louisiana together with Diana, effectively depriving Diana of her right to freedom at age 21.
- Keywords
- African descent person
- Van Wickle victims
- trafficked South
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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